Cost of a healthy diet in India

Name: Cost of a healthy diet in India
Creator: FAOSTAT
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A healthy diet in India cost Int$4.11 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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India, 2025 Int$4.11e International dollars (PPP) per person per day

Change from 2024 +1.0% 2024: Int$4.07 per person per day

Median of G20 countries, 2025 Int$4.23 per person per day Middle value of 18 countries

Position in 2025 116th of 164 See the full ranking

Cost of a healthy diet in India 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	India
2025	Int$4.11 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2024	Int$4.07 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2023	Int$3.86 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2022	Int$3.67 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2021	Int$3.40 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2020	Int$3.23 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2019	Int$3.01 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2018	Int$2.86 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2017	Int$2.77 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 +1.0% from Int$4.07 per person per day in 2024.
Since 2017, when it was Int$2.77 per person per day, the figure has changed by +48.4%.
Among the 164 countries with data for 2025, India has the 116th 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 India
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 India compares in 2025 Neighbouring positions among 164 countries with a value for 2025.

113 Zambia Int$4.18 per person per daye (Estimated value)
114 Nigeria Int$4.17 per person per daye (Estimated value)
115 France Int$4.12 per person per daye (Estimated value)
116 India Int$4.11 per person per daye (Estimated value)
117 South Sudan Int$4.09 per person per daye (Estimated value)
118 Madagascar Int$4.08 per person per daye (Estimated value)
119 Chad Int$4.07 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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