Healthy diet unaffordable in Italy
In Italy, 8.4% of people could not afford a healthy diet in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Italy, 2025
8.4%e (Estimate)
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
World, 2025
32.7%e (Estimate)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.8%
Position in 2025
108th of 145
Healthy diet unaffordable in Italy 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 | Italy | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.4%e (Estimated value) | 32.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2024 | 8.5%e (Estimated value) | 34.3%e (Estimated value) |
| 2023 | 8.6%e (Estimated value) | 35.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2022 | 7.1%e (Estimated value) | 36.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2021 | 8.5%e (Estimated value) | 37.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2020 | 9.5%e (Estimated value) | 39.6%e (Estimated value) |
| 2019 | 9.2%e (Estimated value) | 38.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2018 | 10.5%e (Estimated value) | 39.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2017 | 11.1%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 −0.1 percentage points from 8.5% in 2024.
- Since 2017, when it was 11.1%, the figure has changed by −2.7 percentage points.
- Among the 145 countries with data for 2025, Italy has the 108th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 32.7%.
More for Italy
All statistics for Italy
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.55e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Area under organic farming
19.5%
2024 · Eurostat
Pesticide use
4.29e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
57.9e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
2.1%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
4,982 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank