Cost of a healthy diet in Hungary

Name: Cost of a healthy diet in Hungary
Creator: FAOSTAT
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A healthy diet in Hungary cost Int$5.36 per person per day in 2025.

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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Hungary, 2025 Int$5.36e International dollars (PPP) per person per day

Change from 2024 +2.1% 2024: Int$5.25 per person per day

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 Int$4.33 per person per day Middle value of 27 countries

Position in 2025 33rd of 164 See the full ranking

Cost of a healthy diet in Hungary 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	Hungary
2025	Int$5.36 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2024	Int$5.25 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2023	Int$5.40 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2022	Int$4.50 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2021	Int$3.68 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2020	Int$3.69 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2019	Int$3.60 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2018	Int$3.45 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2017	Int$3.36 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 +2.1% from Int$5.25 per person per day in 2024.
Since 2017, when it was Int$3.36 per person per day, the figure has changed by +59.5%.
Among the 164 countries with data for 2025, Hungary has the 33rd highest value.

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Healthy diet unaffordable 29.8%e 2025 · FAOSTAT Food price inflation (HICP) 3.8% 2025 · Eurostat Area under organic farming 6.1% 2024 · Eurostat Pesticide use 1.73e kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Nitrogen fertiliser use 79.3e kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Agriculture share of GDP 2.7% 2025 · World Bank

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

30 North Macedonia Int$5.39 per person per daye (Estimated value)
31 Bolivia Int$5.38 per person per daye (Estimated value)
32 Malta Int$5.37 per person per daye (Estimated value)
33 Hungary Int$5.36 per person per daye (Estimated value)
34 Guinea Int$5.33 per person per daye (Estimated value)
35 Paraguay Int$5.31 per person per daye (Estimated value)
36 Saint Lucia Int$5.24 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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