Healthy diet unaffordable in Uruguay

Name: Healthy diet unaffordable in Uruguay
Creator: FAOSTAT
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In Uruguay, 32.0% of people could not afford a healthy diet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2018.

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

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Uruguay, 2025 32.0%e % of the population

Change from 2024 −1.2percentage points 2024: 33.2%

World, 2025 32.7%e Official aggregate

Position in 2025 68th of 145 See the full ranking

Healthy diet unaffordable in Uruguay 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	Uruguay	World
2025	32.0%e (Estimated value)	32.7%e (Estimated value)
2024	33.2%e (Estimated value)	34.3%e (Estimated value)
2023	35.4%e (Estimated value)	35.4%e (Estimated value)
2022	35.5%e (Estimated value)	36.7%e (Estimated value)
2021	37.4%e (Estimated value)	37.4%e (Estimated value)
2020	37.6%e (Estimated value)	39.6%e (Estimated value)
2019	32.8%e (Estimated value)	38.0%e (Estimated value)
2018	32.0%e (Estimated value)	39.0%e (Estimated value)
2017	30.7%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 −1.2 percentage points from 33.2% in 2024.
Since 2017, when it was 30.7%, the figure has changed by +1.3 percentage points.
Among the 145 countries with data for 2025, Uruguay has the 68th highest value.
The figure for the world in 2025 was 32.7%.

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All statistics for Uruguay

Cost of a healthy diet Int$4.54e per person per day 2025 · FAOSTAT Pesticide use 7.45e kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Nitrogen fertiliser use 91.1e kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Agriculture share of GDP 6.4% 2025 · World Bank Cereal yield 5,058 kg per hectare 2024 · World Bank Agricultural land 87.4% 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 Uruguay
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 Uruguay compares in 2025 Neighbouring positions among 145 countries with a value for 2025.

65 Peru 34.8%e (Estimated value)
66 Honduras 34.2%e (Estimated value)
67 Trinidad and Tobago 32.0%e (Estimated value)
68 Uruguay 32.0%e (Estimated value)
69 Hungary 29.8%e (Estimated value)
70 Mongolia 29.8%e (Estimated value)
71 Iraq 28.0%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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