Cost of a healthy diet in Malaysia

Name: Cost of a healthy diet in Malaysia
Creator: FAOSTAT
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A healthy diet in Malaysia cost Int$4.42 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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Malaysia, 2025 Int$4.42e International dollars (PPP) per person per day

Change from 2024 +3.5% 2024: Int$4.27 per person per day

Position in 2025 98th of 164 See the full ranking

Cost of a healthy diet in Malaysia 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	Malaysia
2025	Int$4.42 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2024	Int$4.27 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2023	Int$4.15 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2022	Int$3.89 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2021	Int$3.52 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2020	Int$3.43 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2019	Int$3.30 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2018	Int$3.20 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2017	Int$3.10 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 +3.5% from Int$4.27 per person per day in 2024.
Since 2017, when it was Int$3.10 per person per day, the figure has changed by +42.6%.
Among the 164 countries with data for 2025, Malaysia has the 98th 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 Malaysia
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 Malaysia compares in 2025 Neighbouring positions among 164 countries with a value for 2025.

95 Maldives Int$4.45 per person per daye (Estimated value)
96 Peru Int$4.45 per person per daye (Estimated value)
97 Botswana Int$4.44 per person per daye (Estimated value)
98 Malaysia Int$4.42 per person per daye (Estimated value)
99 Seychelles Int$4.40 per person per daye (Estimated value)
100 Guinea-Bissau Int$4.38 per person per daye (Estimated value)
101 Azerbaijan Int$4.37 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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