Healthy diet unaffordable in China
In China, 11.3% of people could not afford a healthy diet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2017.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
China, 2025
11.3%e (Estimate)
Change from 2024
−1.6percentage points
World, 2025
32.7%e (Estimate)
Median of G20 countries, 2025
8.4%
Position in 2025
101st of 145
Healthy diet unaffordable in China 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 | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.3%e (Estimated value) | 32.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2024 | 12.9%e (Estimated value) | 34.3%e (Estimated value) |
| 2023 | 14.5%e (Estimated value) | 35.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2022 | 17.4%e (Estimated value) | 36.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2021 | 16.6%e (Estimated value) | 37.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2020 | 24.8%e (Estimated value) | 39.6%e (Estimated value) |
| 2019 | 22.9%e (Estimated value) | 38.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2018 | 24.9%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 −1.6 percentage points from 12.9% in 2024.
- Since 2017, when it was 28.8%, the figure has changed by −17.5 percentage points.
- Among the 145 countries with data for 2025, China has the 101st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 32.7%.
More for China
All statistics for China
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$3.64e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
1.88e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
191.8e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
6.7%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
6,495 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
41.7%
2024 · World Bank