Cost of a healthy diet in United States

Name: Cost of a healthy diet in United States
Creator: FAOSTAT
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A healthy diet in United States cost Int$2.86 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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United States, 2025 Int$2.86e International dollars (PPP) per person per day

Change from 2024 +2.5% 2024: Int$2.79 per person per day

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 Int$4.34 per person per day Middle value of 38 countries

Position in 2025 161st of 164 See the full ranking

Cost of a healthy diet in United States 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	United States
2025	Int$2.86 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2024	Int$2.79 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2023	Int$2.76 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2022	Int$2.63 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2021	Int$2.36 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2020	Int$2.28 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2019	Int$2.20 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2018	Int$2.18 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2017	Int$2.17 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 +2.5% from Int$2.79 per person per day in 2024.
Since 2017, when it was Int$2.17 per person per day, the figure has changed by +31.8%.
Among the 164 countries with data for 2025, United States has the 161st 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 United States
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 United States compares in 2025 Neighbouring positions among 164 countries with a value for 2025.

158 Kazakhstan Int$3.07 per person per daye (Estimated value)
159 Oman Int$3.07 per person per daye (Estimated value)
160 Saudi Arabia Int$3.07 per person per daye (Estimated value)
161 United States Int$2.86 per person per daye (Estimated value)
162 United Kingdom Int$2.75 per person per daye (Estimated value)
163 Qatar Int$2.73 per person per daye (Estimated value)
164 Democratic Republic of the Congo Int$2.66 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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