Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita in Sudan
Sudan: Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita was 64.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita in Sudan, 2012–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita in Sudan stood at 64.0%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita in Sudan peaked at 67.4% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 64.0%, in 2022.
Sudan ranks 68th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita in Sudan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 67.2% | — |
| 2013 | 67.4% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 66.2% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 67.0% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 65.9% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 67.4% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 65.9% | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 65.2% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 64.5% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 64.4% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 64.0% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 66.5% | 65.2% | 67.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 64.3% | 64.0% | 64.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 65 Timor-Leste 64.3% compare
- 66 El Salvador 64.2% compare
- 67 Sao Tome and Principe 64.2% compare
- 69 Brunei Darussalam 63.8%
- 70 Paraguay 63.5% compare
- 71 Iran, Islamic Republic of 62.9% compare
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- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -4.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 12.9% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita in Sudan?
- Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita in Sudan was 64.0% in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 67.4% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.0% in 2022.
- How does Sudan rank for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita?
- Sudan ranks 68th out of 192 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of per capita dietary energy derived from carbohydrates, measured as the daily caloric supply from carbohydrates as a percentage of total caloric supply, versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.