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Cost of a healthy diet per person per day

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.

Unit: International dollars (PPP) per person per day Frequency: Annual Coverage: 165 countries 2017 to 2025 Source: FAOSTAT
Highest in 2025 Int$8.27 per person per daye (Estimated value) Japan Lowest in 2025 Int$2.66 per person per daye (Estimated value) Democratic Republic of the Congo
Countries ranked for 2025 164

164 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.

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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 StatesChinaIndiaGermany
2025 Int$2.86 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.64 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$4.11 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$4.35 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2024 Int$2.79 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.60 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$4.07 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$4.22 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2023 Int$2.76 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.53 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.86 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$4.14 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2022 Int$2.63 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.41 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.67 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.59 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2021 Int$2.36 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.13 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.40 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.10 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2020 Int$2.28 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.16 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.23 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$2.97 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2019 Int$2.20 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$2.85 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$3.01 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$2.87 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2018 Int$2.18 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$2.63 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$2.86 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$2.76 per person per daye (Estimated value)
2017 Int$2.17 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$2.62 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$2.77 per person per daye (Estimated value) Int$2.64 per person per daye (Estimated value)

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

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In short

  • Among the 164 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Japan (Int$8.27 per person per day) and the lowest Democratic Republic of the Congo (Int$2.66 per person per day).
  • Half of the countries are above Int$4.56 per person per day and half below.
  • From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 153 countries and fell in 10.

About this measure

Definition
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.
Unit
International dollars (PPP) per person per day
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

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
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

All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Japan Int$8.27 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  2. 2 South Korea Int$7.37 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  3. 3 Mongolia Int$7.28 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  4. 4 Guyana Int$7.02 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  5. 5 Lebanon Int$6.97 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  6. 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Int$6.88 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  7. 7 Syria Int$6.85 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  8. 8 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Int$6.71 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  9. 9 Dominica Int$6.69 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  10. 10 Haiti Int$6.51 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  11. 11 British Virgin Islands Int$6.42 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  12. 12 Jamaica Int$6.21 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  13. 13 Bhutan Int$6.17 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  14. 14 Egypt Int$6.06 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  15. 15 Antigua and Barbuda Int$6.05 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  16. 16 Brunei Int$6.04 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  17. 17 Grenada Int$6.01 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  18. 18 Suriname Int$5.94 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  19. 19 Trinidad and Tobago Int$5.82 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  20. 20 Bulgaria Int$5.75 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  21. 21 Serbia Int$5.74 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  22. 22 Chile Int$5.65 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  23. 23 Bahamas Int$5.63 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  24. 24 Dominican Republic Int$5.60 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  25. 25 Mauritania Int$5.57 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  26. 26 Algeria Int$5.56 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  27. 27 Aruba Int$5.49 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  28. 28 Comoros Int$5.47 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  29. 29 Lesotho Int$5.47 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  30. 30 North Macedonia Int$5.39 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  31. 31 Bolivia Int$5.38 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  32. 32 Malta Int$5.37 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  33. 33 Hungary Int$5.36 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  34. 34 Guinea Int$5.33 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  35. 35 Paraguay Int$5.31 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  36. 36 Saint Lucia Int$5.24 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  37. 37 Laos Int$5.23 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  38. 38 Tunisia Int$5.22 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  39. 39 Sri Lanka Int$5.21 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  40. 40 Angola Int$5.18 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  41. 41 Guatemala Int$5.18 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  42. 42 Albania Int$5.16 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  43. 43 Latvia Int$5.16 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  44. 44 Saint Kitts and Nevis Int$5.15 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  45. 45 Croatia Int$5.10 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  46. 46 Indonesia Int$5.09 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  47. 47 Montenegro Int$5.08 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  48. 48 Colombia Int$5.04 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  49. 49 Costa Rica Int$5.04 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  50. 50 Curaçao Int$5.02 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  51. 51 Malawi Int$5.01 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  52. 52 Niger Int$5.01 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  53. 53 Eswatini Int$4.95 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  54. 54 Norway Int$4.91 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  55. 55 São Tomé and Príncipe Int$4.91 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  56. 56 Brazil Int$4.89 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  57. 57 Estonia Int$4.89 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  58. 58 Equatorial Guinea Int$4.88 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  59. 59 Iraq Int$4.88 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  60. 60 Namibia Int$4.88 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  61. 61 Honduras Int$4.85 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  62. 62 Djibouti Int$4.84 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  63. 63 Mauritius Int$4.84 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  64. 64 Cayman Islands Int$4.80 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  65. 65 Iran Int$4.80 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  66. 66 Bermuda Int$4.78 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  67. 67 Gabon Int$4.78 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  68. 68 Cambodia Int$4.77 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  69. 69 Ethiopia Int$4.75 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  70. 70 Fiji Int$4.75 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  71. 71 Belize Int$4.69 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  72. 72 Burundi Int$4.65 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  73. 73 Ghana Int$4.65 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  74. 74 Greece Int$4.65 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  75. 75 Hong Kong SAR, China Int$4.65 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  76. 76 Uzbekistan Int$4.60 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  77. 77 Bangladesh Int$4.59 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  78. 78 Viet Nam Int$4.59 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  79. 79 Cameroon Int$4.58 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  80. 80 Rwanda Int$4.58 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  81. 81 Türkiye Int$4.58 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  82. 82 Slovakia Int$4.57 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  83. 83 Armenia Int$4.56 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  84. 84 Italy Int$4.55 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  85. 85 Poland Int$4.55 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  86. 86 Mexico Int$4.54 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  87. 87 Uruguay Int$4.54 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  88. 88 Kenya Int$4.50 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  89. 89 Gambia Int$4.49 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  90. 90 Mozambique Int$4.49 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  91. 91 Philippines Int$4.48 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  92. 92 Republic of the Congo Int$4.48 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  93. 93 Canada Int$4.46 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  94. 94 Panama Int$4.46 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  95. 95 Maldives Int$4.45 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  96. 96 Peru Int$4.45 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  97. 97 Botswana Int$4.44 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  98. 98 Malaysia Int$4.42 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  99. 99 Seychelles Int$4.40 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  100. 100 Guinea-Bissau Int$4.38 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  101. 101 Azerbaijan Int$4.37 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  102. 102 Lithuania Int$4.37 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  103. 103 Germany Int$4.35 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  104. 104 Sweden Int$4.35 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  105. 105 Central African Republic Int$4.34 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  106. 106 Spain Int$4.33 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  107. 107 Bahrain Int$4.32 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  108. 108 Portugal Int$4.30 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  109. 109 Slovenia Int$4.26 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  110. 110 Romania Int$4.21 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  111. 111 Nepal Int$4.19 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  112. 112 Cyprus Int$4.18 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  113. 113 Zambia Int$4.18 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  114. 114 Nigeria Int$4.17 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  115. 115 France Int$4.12 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  116. 116 India Int$4.11 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  117. 117 South Sudan Int$4.09 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  118. 118 Madagascar Int$4.08 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  119. 119 Chad Int$4.07 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  120. 120 South Africa Int$4.02 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  121. 121 Belarus Int$4.01 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  122. 122 Finland Int$4.00 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  123. 123 Czechia Int$3.99 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  124. 124 Mali Int$3.98 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  125. 125 Togo Int$3.95 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  126. 126 West Bank and Gaza Int$3.95 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  127. 127 Pakistan Int$3.94 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  128. 128 Burkina Faso Int$3.92 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  129. 129 Kyrgyzstan Int$3.91 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  130. 130 Sierra Leone Int$3.89 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  131. 131 Cabo Verde Int$3.88 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  132. 132 Senegal Int$3.83 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  133. 133 Moldova Int$3.81 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  134. 134 Uganda Int$3.74 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  135. 135 Luxembourg Int$3.73 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  136. 136 New Zealand Int$3.71 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  137. 137 Ecuador Int$3.66 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  138. 138 Israel Int$3.65 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  139. 139 China Int$3.64 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  140. 140 Côte d'Ivoire Int$3.64 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  141. 141 Iceland Int$3.64 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  142. 142 Morocco Int$3.64 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  143. 143 Singapore Int$3.62 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  144. 144 Liberia Int$3.60 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  145. 145 Benin Int$3.58 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  146. 146 Netherlands Int$3.56 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  147. 147 Tanzania Int$3.53 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  148. 148 Denmark Int$3.47 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  149. 149 Jordan Int$3.45 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  150. 150 Russia Int$3.39 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  151. 151 Australia Int$3.33 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  152. 152 Austria Int$3.28 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  153. 153 United Arab Emirates Int$3.27 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  154. 154 Kuwait Int$3.26 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  155. 155 Switzerland Int$3.22 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  156. 156 Ireland Int$3.14 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  157. 157 Belgium Int$3.12 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  158. 158 Kazakhstan Int$3.07 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  159. 159 Oman Int$3.07 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  160. 160 Saudi Arabia Int$3.07 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  161. 161 United States Int$2.86 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  162. 162 United Kingdom Int$2.75 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  163. 163 Qatar Int$2.73 per person per daye (Estimated value)
  164. 164 Democratic Republic of the Congo Int$2.66 per person per daye (Estimated value)
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