Cost of a healthy diet in Australia

Name: Cost of a healthy diet in Australia
Creator: FAOSTAT
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A healthy diet in Australia cost Int$3.33 per person per day in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2017.

Cost of a healthy diet per person per day International dollars (PPP) per person per day Data: 2017 to 2025 Source: FAOSTAT

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Australia, 2025 Int$3.33e International dollars (PPP) per person per day

Change from 2024 +3.1% 2024: Int$3.23 per person per day

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 Int$4.34 per person per day Middle value of 38 countries

Position in 2025 151st of 164 See the full ranking

Cost of a healthy diet in Australia over time

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International dollars (PPP) per person per day. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cost of a healthy diet per person per day (international dollars (PPP) per person per day), 2017 to 2025
Period	Australia
2025	Int$3.33 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2024	Int$3.23 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2023	Int$3.19 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2022	Int$2.96 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2021	Int$2.61 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2020	Int$2.51 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2019	Int$2.40 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2018	Int$2.36 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2017	Int$2.33 per person per daye (Estimated value)

Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

That is a change of +3.1% from Int$3.23 per person per day in 2024.
Since 2017, when it was Int$2.33 per person per day, the figure has changed by +42.9%.
Among the 164 countries with data for 2025, Australia has the 151st highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer: FAOSTAT
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT
Dataset or series code: CAHD · dataset details · view at source
Selection: Item Code=70040 Element Code=6226
Observation period: 2017 to 2025 for Australia
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms)
Attribution: Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0

How Australia compares in 2025 Neighbouring positions among 164 countries with a value for 2025.

148 Denmark Int$3.47 per person per daye (Estimated value)
149 Jordan Int$3.45 per person per daye (Estimated value)
150 Russia Int$3.39 per person per daye (Estimated value)
151 Australia Int$3.33 per person per daye (Estimated value)
152 Austria Int$3.28 per person per daye (Estimated value)
153 United Arab Emirates Int$3.27 per person per daye (Estimated value)
154 Kuwait Int$3.26 per person per daye (Estimated value)

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What this measures

The cost of the cheapest locally available foods that meet the Healthy Diet Basket standard (starchy staples, vegetables, fruits, animal-source foods, legumes, nuts and seeds, and oils and fats), in purchasing power parity dollars per person per day.

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