Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Somalia
Somalia: Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita was 18.9% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Somalia, 2010–2022
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 fats vs. gdp per capita in Somalia stood at 18.9%. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and down 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Somalia peaked at 25.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 18.9%, in 2022.
That places Somalia 166th out of 192 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita in Somalia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 25.0% | — |
| 2011 | 23.0% | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 23.8% | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 24.8% | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 23.2% | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 22.5% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 22.2% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 24.2% | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 22.3% | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 24.6% | +10.6% |
| 2020 | 22.7% | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 20.2% | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 18.9% | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 23.6% | 22.2% | 25.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.6% | 18.9% | 22.7% | 3 |
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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)
- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Somalia?
- Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita in Somalia was 18.9% 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 fats vs. gdp per capita recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 25.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.9% in 2022.
- How does Somalia rank for share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita?
- Somalia ranks 166th out of 192 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.