Healthy diet unaffordable in Canada
In Canada, 3.0% of people could not afford a healthy diet in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Canada, 2025
3.0%e (Estimate)
Change from 2024
0percentage points
World, 2025
32.7%e (Estimate)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
5.3%
Position in 2025
126th of 145
Healthy diet unaffordable in Canada 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 | Canada | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.0%e (Estimated value) | 32.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2024 | 3.0%e (Estimated value) | 34.3%e (Estimated value) |
| 2023 | 2.9%e (Estimated value) | 35.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2022 | 2.8%e (Estimated value) | 36.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2021 | 1.8%e (Estimated value) | 37.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2020 | 1.4%e (Estimated value) | 39.6%e (Estimated value) |
| 2019 | 3.0%e (Estimated value) | 38.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2018 | 3.3%e (Estimated value) | 39.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2017 | 3.7%e (Estimated value) | 41.0%e (Estimated value) |
Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2017, when it was 3.7%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
- Among the 145 countries with data for 2025, Canada has the 126th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 32.7%.
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Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.46e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
2.67e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
75.6e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
1.9%
2022 · World Bank
Cereal yield
4,021 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
6.5%
2024 · World Bank