Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita was 14.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Bangladesh, 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 Bangladesh stood at 14.9%. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 32.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Bangladesh peaked at 14.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 1974.
Bangladesh ranks 183rd of 192 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.8% | — |
| 1962 | 6.5% | -4.6% |
| 1963 | 6.8% | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 6.7% | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 7.0% | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 6.7% | -4.2% |
| 1967 | 6.5% | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 6.5% | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 6.5% | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 6.4% | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 6.6% | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 7.0% | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 6.8% | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 6.3% | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 6.7% | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 7.3% | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 6.4% | -11.7% |
| 1978 | 6.6% | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 6.7% | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 6.6% | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 6.8% | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 7.2% | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 7.4% | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 7.2% | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 8.0% | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 7.7% | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 8.5% | +10.6% |
| 1988 | 8.6% | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 8.8% | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 7.3% | -16.5% |
| 1991 | 8.1% | +10.8% |
| 1992 | 9.3% | +14.2% |
| 1993 | 8.9% | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 8.5% | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 9.1% | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 9.2% | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 11.1% | +19.7% |
| 1998 | 12.9% | +17.0% |
| 1999 | 9.5% | -26.4% |
| 2000 | 10.9% | +14.7% |
| 2001 | 10.5% | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 9.2% | -12.4% |
| 2003 | 9.9% | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 10.2% | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 10.4% | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 11.1% | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 10.7% | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 10.4% | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 10.9% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 10.4% | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 10.5% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 10.7% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 11.3% | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 12.0% | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 12.3% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 12.3% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 12.3% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 12.5% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 12.3% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 14.7% | +19.2% |
| 2022 | 14.7% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 14.9% | +1.4% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 14.9% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22.0%, 68% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 14.9% is below the median for South Asia, which is 20.7%, 72% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.7% | 6.5% | 7.0% | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.7% | 6.3% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.7% | 6.6% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.4% | 7.3% | 12.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.4% | 9.2% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 10.4% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.1% | 12.3% | 14.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More energy & mining data for Bangladesh
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 10.36 % 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 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- 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 (2025)
- Fuel imports 10.1% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Bangladesh?
- Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Bangladesh was 14.9% 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 14.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 1974.
- How does Bangladesh rank for share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita?
- Bangladesh ranks 183rd out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.