Cost of a healthy diet in Madagascar

Name: Cost of a healthy diet in Madagascar
Creator: FAOSTAT
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A healthy diet in Madagascar cost Int$4.08 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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Madagascar, 2025 Int$4.08e International dollars (PPP) per person per day

Change from 2024 +3.0% 2024: Int$3.96 per person per day

Position in 2025 118th of 164 See the full ranking

Cost of a healthy diet in Madagascar 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	Madagascar
2025	Int$4.08 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2024	Int$3.96 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2023	Int$3.87 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2022	Int$3.65 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2021	Int$3.34 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2020	Int$3.20 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2019	Int$3.21 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2018	Int$3.18 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2017	Int$3.08 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 +3.0% from Int$3.96 per person per day in 2024.
Since 2017, when it was Int$3.08 per person per day, the figure has changed by +32.5%.
Among the 164 countries with data for 2025, Madagascar has the 118th highest value.

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All statistics for Madagascar

Healthy diet unaffordable 85.3%e 2025 · FAOSTAT Pesticide use 0.19e kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Nitrogen fertiliser use 2.7e kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Agriculture share of GDP 21.7% 2025 · World Bank Cereal yield 2,393 kg per hectare 2024 · World Bank Agricultural land 70.4% 2024 · 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 Madagascar
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 Madagascar compares in 2025 Neighbouring positions among 164 countries with a value for 2025.

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)
120 South Africa Int$4.02 per person per daye (Estimated value)
121 Belarus Int$4.01 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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