Healthy diet unaffordable in Syria
In Syria, 61.1% 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”.
Syria, 2025
61.1%e (Estimate)
Change from 2024
−12.4percentage points
World, 2025
32.7%e (Estimate)
Position in 2025
29th of 145
Healthy diet unaffordable in Syria over time
View
Syria
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the population. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.1%e (Estimated value) | 32.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2024 | 73.5%e (Estimated value) | 34.3%e (Estimated value) |
| 2023 | 74.4%e (Estimated value) | 35.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2022 | 70.7%e (Estimated value) | 36.7%e (Estimated value) |
| 2021 | 71.2%e (Estimated value) | 37.4%e (Estimated value) |
| 2020 | 74.0%e (Estimated value) | 39.6%e (Estimated value) |
| 2019 | 41.0%e (Estimated value) | 38.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2018 | 44.2%e (Estimated value) | 39.0%e (Estimated value) |
| 2017 | 57.3%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 −12.4 percentage points from 73.5% in 2024.
- Since 2017, when it was 57.3%, the figure has changed by +3.8 percentage points.
- Among the 145 countries with data for 2025, Syria has the 29th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 32.7%.
More for Syria
All statistics for Syria
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$6.85e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
0.35e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
6.9e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
42.9%
2022 · World Bank
Cereal yield
1,607 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
74.1%
2024 · World Bank