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Inequality of food consumption vs. GDP per capita, 2014

Inequality of food consumption is measured by the coefficient of variation in per capita caloric consumption. Higher values represent larger levels of dietary inequality.

GDP per capita$1,000$10,000$2,000$5,000$20,000$50,000CoefficientofvariationincalorieconsumptionChinaChinaIndiaIndiaBrazilBrazilBangladeshBangladeshPhilippinesPhilippinesEthiopiaEthiopiaTurkeyTurkeySouth KoreaSouth KoreaSaudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaNigerNigerMaliMaliJordanJordanAfricaAsiaNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth America

Source: UN FAO (2017), Feenstra et al. (2015) Penn World Tables 9.1

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