Healthy diet unaffordable in Madagascar

In Madagascar, 85.3% of people could not afford a healthy diet in 2025.

Measure: People unable to afford a healthy diet Unit: % of the population Data: 2017 to 2025 Source: FAOSTAT
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Madagascar, 2025 85.3%e (Estimate) % of the population
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 85.3%
World, 2025 32.7%e (Estimate) Official aggregate
Position in 2025 10th of 145 See the full ranking

Healthy diet unaffordable in Madagascar 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.

People unable to afford a healthy diet (% of the population), 2017 to 2025
Period MadagascarWorld
2025 85.3%e (Estimated value) 32.7%e (Estimated value)
2024 85.3%e (Estimated value) 34.3%e (Estimated value)
2023 85.9%e (Estimated value) 35.4%e (Estimated value)
2022 85.8%e (Estimated value) 36.7%e (Estimated value)
2021 85.6%e (Estimated value) 37.4%e (Estimated value)
2020 85.3%e (Estimated value) 39.6%e (Estimated value)
2019 83.0%e (Estimated value) 38.0%e (Estimated value)
2018 83.1%e (Estimated value) 39.0%e (Estimated value)
2017 82.5%e (Estimated value) 41.0%e (Estimated value)

Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2024.
  • Since 2017, when it was 82.5%, the figure has changed by +2.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 145 countries with data for 2025, Madagascar has the 10th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 32.7%.

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=7005 Element Code=6121
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