Healthy diet unaffordable in United States

Name: Healthy diet unaffordable in United States
Creator: FAOSTAT
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In United States, 4.5% of people could not afford a healthy diet in 2025.

People unable to afford a healthy diet % of the population Data: 2017 to 2025 Source: FAOSTAT

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United States, 2025 4.5%e % of the population

Change from 2024 −0.1percentage points 2024: 4.6%

World, 2025 32.7%e Official aggregate

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 5.3% Middle value of 37 countries

Position in 2025 119th of 145 See the full ranking

Healthy diet unaffordable in United States 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	United States	World
2025	4.5%e (Estimated value)	32.7%e (Estimated value)
2024	4.6%e (Estimated value)	34.3%e (Estimated value)
2023	5.2%e (Estimated value)	35.4%e (Estimated value)
2022	5.4%e (Estimated value)	36.7%e (Estimated value)
2021	2.9%e (Estimated value)	37.4%e (Estimated value)
2020	3.7%e (Estimated value)	39.6%e (Estimated value)
2019	4.7%e (Estimated value)	38.0%e (Estimated value)
2018	5.3%e (Estimated value)	39.0%e (Estimated value)
2017	5.8%e (Estimated value)	41.0%e (Estimated value)

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

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In short

That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 4.6% in 2024.
Since 2017, when it was 5.8%, the figure has changed by −1.3 percentage points.
Among the 145 countries with data for 2025, United States has the 119th highest value.
The figure for the world in 2025 was 32.7%.

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Cost of a healthy diet Int$2.86e per person per day 2025 · FAOSTAT Pesticide use 2.78e kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Nitrogen fertiliser use 59.1e kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Agriculture share of GDP 0.9% 2021 · World Bank Cereal yield 8,414 kg per hectare 2024 · World Bank Agricultural land 46.1% 2024 · World Bank

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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 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 145 countries with a value for 2025.

116 South Korea 5.3%e (Estimated value)
117 Sweden 4.9%e (Estimated value)
118 Malta 4.5%e (Estimated value)
119 United States 4.5%e (Estimated value)
120 Maldives 4.2%e (Estimated value)
121 Türkiye 4.0%e (Estimated value)
122 Bhutan 3.7%e (Estimated value)

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What this measures

Share of the population whose income, after setting aside an amount for other basic needs, is too low to buy the cheapest healthy diet available locally.

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