Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Australia
Australia: Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita was 40.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Australia stood at 40.2%.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Australia peaked at 41.6% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 31.4%, in 1966.
Australia ranks 14th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Australia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32.4% | — |
| 1962 | 32.3% | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 31.8% | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 31.6% | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 32.1% | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 31.4% | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 31.7% | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 31.7% | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 32.3% | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 32.4% | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 32.4% | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 33.5% | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 33.6% | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 32.3% | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 32.9% | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 32.3% | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 32.2% | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 32.8% | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 33.1% | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 33.0% | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 33.1% | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 33.7% | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 33.7% | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 33.0% | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 33.9% | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 35.2% | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 35.7% | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 35.5% | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 36.3% | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 36.5% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 37.0% | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 37.9% | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 38.3% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 37.6% | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 36.4% | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 36.5% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 36.9% | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 37.3% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 39.0% | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 39.1% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 39.6% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 38.4% | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 38.0% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 39.5% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 39.9% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 40.9% | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 40.5% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 39.7% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 40.3% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 39.2% | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 40.5% | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 40.3% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 39.5% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 41.0% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 41.4% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 41.4% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 41.1% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 41.6% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 41.3% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 40.3% | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 40.7% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 40.7% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 40.2% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31.9% | 31.4% | 32.4% | 9 |
| 1970s | 32.8% | 32.2% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 34.3% | 33.0% | 36.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 37.3% | 36.4% | 39.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.6% | 38.0% | 40.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.7% | 39.2% | 41.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.5% | 40.2% | 40.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More energy & mining data for Australia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -0.4235 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 11.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Australia?
- Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Australia was 40.2% in 2023, 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 fats vs. gdp per capita recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 41.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.4% in 1966.
- How does Australia rank for share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita?
- Australia ranks 14th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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 fats vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
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.