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Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2018

2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2018 covers 160 countries. Japan is highest, at 5.65; United Kingdom is lowest, at 1.75. The middle country reads 3.12. Against 2017, 157 values changed (125 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cost of a Healthy Diet · Data for 2018

HighestJapan

5.65

LowestUnited Kingdom

1.75

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 160 countries · select a heading to sort

Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
JapanJPNEastern Asia5.65
South KoreaKOREastern Asia4.92
GuyanaGUYSouth America4.79
JamaicaJAMCaribbean4.78
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia4.56
GrenadaGRDCaribbean4.50
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean4.44
ComorosCOMEastern Africa4.43
DominicaDMACaribbean4.43
SurinameSURSouth America4.33
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia4.31
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia4.26
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia4.26
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean4.24
BahamasBHSCaribbean4.24
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa4.16
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe4.13
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia4.06
HaitiHTICaribbean4.05
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa4.02
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa3.92
PanamaPANCentral America3.88
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean3.87
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia3.81
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean3.80

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Japan5.65
  2. South Korea4.92
  3. Guyana4.79
  4. Jamaica4.78
  5. Taiwan4.56

Lowest

  1. United Kingdom1.75
  2. Lebanon1.86
  3. Belgium2.07
  4. Austria2.11
  5. Kazakhstan2.13

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.12. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 160 in both
  • 125 · 32rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2018.

  • 123 distinct values among 160

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 3.26. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2018). Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/healthy-diet-cost/2018

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07Questions

Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cost of a healthy diet in Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2018?

Japan, at 5.65, of the 160 countries in the file.

What year does Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2018 cover?

160.

Where can I download Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2018?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2018 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2025.

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