Healthy diet unaffordable in Peru
In Peru, 34.8% of people could not afford a healthy diet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Peru, 2025
34.8%e (Estimate)
Change from 2024
−1.0percentage points
World, 2025
32.7%e (Estimate)
Position in 2025
65th of 145
Healthy diet unaffordable in Peru 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 | Peru | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.8%e (Estimated value) | 32.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2024 | 35.8%e (Estimated value) | 34.3%e (Estimated value) |
| 2023 | 38.3%e (Estimated value) | 35.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2022 | 36.7%e (Estimated value) | 36.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2021 | 37.3%e (Estimated value) | 37.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2020 | 45.9%e (Estimated value) | 39.6%e (Estimated value) |
| 2019 | 31.3%e (Estimated value) | 38.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2018 | 33.3%e (Estimated value) | 39.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2017 | 36.0%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 −1.0 percentage points from 35.8% in 2024.
- Since 2017, when it was 36.0%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.
- Among the 145 countries with data for 2025, Peru has the 65th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 32.7%.
More for Peru
All statistics for Peru
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.45e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
2.33e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
35.9e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
7.5%
2024 · World Bank
Cereal yield
4,851 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
19.0%
2024 · World Bank