Healthy diet unaffordable in Brazil
In Brazil, 21.1% of people could not afford a healthy diet in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Brazil, 2025
21.1%e (Estimate)
Change from 2024
−0.3percentage points
World, 2025
32.7%e (Estimate)
Median of G20 countries, 2025
8.4%
Position in 2025
81st of 145
Healthy diet unaffordable in Brazil over time
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% of the population. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Brazil | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.1%e (Estimated value) | 32.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2024 | 21.4%e (Estimated value) | 34.3%e (Estimated value) |
| 2023 | 24.1%e (Estimated value) | 35.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2022 | 26.4%e (Estimated value) | 36.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2021 | 31.2%e (Estimated value) | 37.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2020 | 20.8%e (Estimated value) | 39.6%e (Estimated value) |
| 2019 | 27.3%e (Estimated value) | 38.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2018 | 27.7%e (Estimated value) | 39.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2017 | 28.8%e (Estimated value) | 41.0%e (Estimated value) |
Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 21.4% in 2024.
- Since 2017, when it was 28.8%, the figure has changed by −7.7 percentage points.
- Among the 145 countries with data for 2025, Brazil has the 81st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 32.7%.
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All statistics for Brazil
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.89e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
11.85e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
98.9e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
6.1%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
5,003 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
28.4%
2024 · World Bank