Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Barbados
Barbados: Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita was 29.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Barbados, 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 Barbados stood at 29.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Barbados peaked at 32.5% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 20.0%, in 1961.
Barbados ranks 95th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Barbados, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20.0% | — |
| 1962 | 20.2% | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 21.3% | +5.4% |
| 1964 | 22.4% | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 23.9% | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 22.5% | -6.0% |
| 1967 | 21.9% | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 23.2% | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 24.6% | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 25.2% | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 26.4% | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 28.1% | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 27.5% | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 28.5% | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 27.4% | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 28.4% | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 26.9% | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 26.8% | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 28.3% | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 27.9% | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 28.6% | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 30.3% | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 27.3% | -9.7% |
| 1984 | 28.6% | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 28.5% | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 29.3% | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 29.1% | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 29.2% | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 31.0% | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 31.4% | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 30.9% | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 31.4% | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 31.3% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 31.2% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 31.9% | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 30.5% | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 32.5% | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 30.9% | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 30.0% | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 29.2% | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 27.6% | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 27.7% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 27.3% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 27.8% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 28.2% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 27.8% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 28.1% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 28.5% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 28.7% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 27.8% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 27.6% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 26.7% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 27.3% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 28.4% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 29.3% | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 27.7% | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 27.8% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 27.5% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 27.0% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 30.4% | +12.8% |
| 2021 | 30.1% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 29.1% | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 29.5% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.2% | 20.0% | 24.6% | 9 |
| 1970s | 27.3% | 25.2% | 28.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.0% | 27.3% | 31.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.2% | 30.0% | 32.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.1% | 27.3% | 29.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.7% | 26.7% | 29.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.8% | 29.1% | 30.4% | 4 |
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- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Barbados?
- Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Barbados was 29.5% 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 32.5% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.0% in 1961.
- How does Barbados rank for share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita?
- Barbados ranks 95th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados 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.
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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.