Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita by country
The share of per capita dietary energy derived from fats, measured as the daily caloric supply from fat as a percentage of total caloric supply, versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.
Countries reporting
192
Highest
44.8%
Austria
Lowest
8.2%
Burundi
Median
29.5%
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,214
What the numbers show
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 44.8% in Austria; the lowest is 8.2% in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 29.5%, and the mean is 28.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 62.8%), and the largest decrease in Gambia (down 32.5%).
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 44.8% | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 2 | Marshall Islands | 43.8% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 3 | Switzerland | 42.9% | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 4 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 42.4% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 5 | Czechia | 42.3% | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 6 | Slovakia | 42.1% | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 7 | United States of America | 41.9% | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 41.9% | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 9 | Greece | 41.6% | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 41.3% | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 40.9% | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 12 | Latvia | 40.8% | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 40.7% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 14 | Australia | 40.2% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 15 | Iceland | 39.9% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 16 | Bermuda | 39.7% | 2009 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 17 | Bahamas | 39.5% | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 18 | Sweden | 39.2% | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 19 | Taiwan, China | 39.1% | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 20 | Belgium | 39.0% | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 21 | Hungary | 38.7% | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 38.6% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 23 | Macau, China | 38.5% | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 24 | France | 38.5% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 25 | Mongolia | 38.2% | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 37.8% | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 37.7% | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 28 | Kiribati | 37.6% | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 29 | Israel | 37.3% | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 30 | Brazil | 37.2% | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 31 | Estonia | 37.1% | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 32 | New Caledonia | 37.1% | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 33 | Antigua and Barbuda | 37.0% | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 34 | Netherlands | 36.9% | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 35 | French Polynesia | 36.8% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 36 | Grenada | 36.7% | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 37 | Argentina | 36.6% | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 38 | Tonga | 36.5% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 39 | Croatia | 36.5% | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 40 | Naoero | 36.4% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 41 | Denmark | 36.3% | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 36.2% | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 43 | Central African Republic | 35.9% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 44 | Ecuador | 35.8% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 45 | Portugal | 35.8% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 46 | Bahrain | 35.6% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 47 | Norway | 35.5% | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 48 | Ireland | 35.3% | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 49 | Montenegro | 35.2% | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 50 | Libya | 34.9% | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 51 | Hong Kong, China | 34.6% | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 52 | Vanuatu | 34.6% | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 53 | Lithuania | 34.4% | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 54 | Cyprus | 34.2% | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 55 | Poland | 34.0% | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 56 | Romania | 33.9% | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 57 | Malta | 33.7% | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 33.6% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 59 | Luxembourg | 33.3% | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 60 | Finland | 33.3% | 2023 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 61 | Uruguay | 33.2% | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 62 | Belarus | 33.2% | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 63 | Republic of Korea | 33.1% | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.8% | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 65 | Türkiye | 32.7% | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 66 | Russian Federation | 32.4% | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 67 | Albania | 32.1% | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 32.1% | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 69 | Samoa | 32.1% | 2023 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 70 | South Africa | 31.9% | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 71 | Tuvalu | 31.9% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 31.7% | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 73 | Belize | 31.6% | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 74 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 31.5% | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 31.5% | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 76 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 31.4% | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 77 | Armenia | 31.3% | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 78 | Kuwait | 31.2% | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 79 | Slovenia | 31.1% | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 80 | Mauritius | 31.1% | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 81 | Malaysia | 31.0% | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 82 | Japan | 30.9% | 2022 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 83 | Saint Lucia | 30.9% | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 84 | Pakistan | 30.9% | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 85 | New Zealand | 30.3% | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 86 | Qatar | 30.2% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 30.0% | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 88 | Mexico | 29.9% | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 89 | Dominica | 29.9% | 2022 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 90 | Colombia | 29.8% | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 91 | Jordan | 29.7% | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 92 | Chad | 29.7% | 2022 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 93 | Honduras | 29.7% | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 94 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.6% | 2023 | up 18.4% | flat |
| 95 | Barbados | 29.5% | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 96 | Panama | 29.5% | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 97 | Oman | 29.4% | 2023 | up 16.0% | flat |
| 98 | Fiji | 28.9% | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 28.8% | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 100 | Tajikistan | 28.6% | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 101 | Lebanon | 28.6% | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 102 | Paraguay | 27.9% | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 103 | Chile | 27.8% | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 104 | Georgia | 27.5% | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 105 | Jamaica | 27.4% | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.2% | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 107 | Cape Verde | 27.2% | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 108 | Algeria | 27.0% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 26.8% | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 110 | Seychelles | 26.7% | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 111 | Papua New Guinea | 26.6% | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 112 | Maldives | 26.4% | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 113 | Serbia | 26.4% | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 114 | USSR | 26.4% | 1991 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 115 | Sao Tome and Principe | 26.3% | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 116 | Tunisia | 26.2% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 117 | Republic of Moldova | 26.2% | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 118 | Syrian Arab Republic | 26.1% | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 119 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 26.1% | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 120 | Turkmenistan | 25.9% | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 121 | China | 25.6% | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 25.6% | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 123 | Ukraine | 25.3% | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25.2% | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 125 | Indonesia | 24.9% | 2023 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 126 | Sudan | 24.8% | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 127 | Suriname | 24.6% | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 128 | Brunei Darussalam | 24.6% | 2009 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 129 | Guatemala | 24.5% | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 130 | Yemen | 24.5% | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 131 | Timor-Leste | 24.3% | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 132 | Netherlands Antilles | 23.7% | 2009 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 133 | El Salvador | 23.5% | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 134 | Bhutan | 23.3% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 135 | Mauritania | 23.0% | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 136 | Nigeria | 22.8% | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 137 | Senegal | 22.7% | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 138 | Congo | 22.5% | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 139 | Djibouti | 22.3% | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 140 | India | 22.2% | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 141 | Comoros | 22.2% | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | 22.1% | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 143 | Namibia | 21.9% | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 144 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 21.7% | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 145 | Cuba | 21.7% | 2019 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 146 | Botswana | 21.6% | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 147 | Gabon | 21.5% | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 148 | Viet Nam | 21.5% | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 149 | Peru | 21.5% | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 150 | Nicaragua | 21.4% | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 151 | Benin | 21.3% | 2022 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 152 | Guyana | 20.9% | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 153 | Burkina Faso | 20.7% | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 154 | Kenya | 20.4% | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 155 | Eswatini | 20.3% | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 156 | Lesotho | 20.2% | 2023 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 157 | Morocco | 20.2% | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 158 | Niger | 20.2% | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 159 | Guinea | 20.1% | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 160 | Zambia | 20.1% | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 161 | Uganda | 19.8% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 162 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 19.5% | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 163 | Iraq | 19.3% | 2023 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 164 | Nepal | 19.2% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 165 | Togo | 19.1% | 2022 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 166 | Somalia | 18.9% | 2022 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 167 | Myanmar | 18.8% | 2023 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 168 | Cameroon | 18.8% | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 169 | Liberia | 18.6% | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 170 | Angola | 18.6% | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 171 | Thailand | 18.1% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 172 | Philippines | 17.5% | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 173 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.2% | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 174 | Gambia | 17.2% | 2023 | down 32.5% | flat |
| 175 | Haiti | 17.0% | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 16.8% | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 177 | Mozambique | 16.5% | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 178 | Malawi | 15.9% | 2023 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 179 | Egypt | 15.8% | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 180 | Mali | 15.7% | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 181 | Ethiopia | 15.5% | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 182 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 15.4% | 2018 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 183 | Bangladesh | 14.9% | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 184 | Ghana | 14.0% | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | 13.9% | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 186 | Rwanda | 13.7% | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 187 | Sri Lanka | 13.3% | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 188 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 11.9% | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 189 | Cambodia | 11.8% | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 190 | Madagascar | 9.9% | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 191 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9.1% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 192 | Burundi | 8.2% | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
About this data
The share of per capita dietary energy derived from fats, measured as the daily caloric supply from fat as a percentage of total caloric supply, versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.