Data for 2024

Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2024

2024, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2024 covers 159 countries. Japan is highest, at 7.79; Qatar is lowest, at 2.66. The middle country reads 4.42. Against 2023, 158 values changed (142 up, 16 down), 1 left.

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Cost of a Healthy Diet · Data for 2024

HighestJapan

7.79

LowestQatar

2.66

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.

159countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
126distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2024, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2024: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

JapanJPNEastern Asia	7.79
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	7.62
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	7.09
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	7.06
GuyanaGUYSouth America	6.83
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	6.45
DominicaDMACaribbean	6.45
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	6.45
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	6.43
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	6.39
HaitiHTICaribbean	6.19
SurinameSURSouth America	6.16
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	6.02
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	5.96
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	5.92
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	5.89
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	5.83
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	5.58
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	5.56
BahamasBHSCaribbean	5.55
ChileCHLSouth America	5.54
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	5.53
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	5.52
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	5.40
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	5.40
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	5.35
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	5.25
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	5.24
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	5.24
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	5.19
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	5.19
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	5.18
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	5.17
GuineaGINWestern Africa	5.10
ParaguayPRYSouth America	5.04
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	5.03
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	5.03
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	5.02
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	5.00
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	4.99
NigerNERWestern Africa	4.98
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	4.97
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	4.96
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	4.91
ColombiaCOLSouth America	4.90
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.89
Costa RicaCRICentral America	4.84
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	4.84
BoliviaBOLSouth America	4.82
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	4.81
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	4.79
IraqIRQWestern Asia	4.78
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	4.75
FijiFJIMelanesia	4.75
HondurasHNDCentral America	4.75
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	4.75
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	4.72
BrazilBRASouth America	4.69
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	4.69
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	4.69
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	4.67
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	4.67
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	4.67
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	4.67
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	4.67
GabonGABMiddle Africa	4.64
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	4.64
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	4.62
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	4.55
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	4.55
BelizeBLZCentral America	4.54
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	4.52
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	4.51
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	4.49
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	4.49
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	4.49
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	4.49
IranIRNSouthern Asia	4.45
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	4.43
MexicoMEXCentral America	4.42
UruguayURYSouth America	4.41
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	4.39
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	4.38
PolandPOLEastern Europe	4.38
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	4.37
ItalyITASouthern Europe	4.37
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	4.36
PeruPERSouth America	4.34
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	4.33
PanamaPANCentral America	4.32
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	4.31
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	4.30
CanadaCANNorthern America	4.27
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	4.27
KenyaKENEastern Africa	4.26
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	4.25
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	4.23
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.22
SpainESPSouthern Europe	4.22
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	4.21
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	4.20
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	4.18
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	4.17
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	4.14
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	4.12
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	4.09
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	4.09
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	4.08
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	4.07
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	4.02
FranceFRAWestern Europe	4.00
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	3.98
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	3.96
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	3.95
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	3.94
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	3.89
MaliMLIWestern Africa	3.86
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	3.84
BelarusBLREastern Europe	3.83
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	3.82
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	3.81
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	3.80
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	3.79
TogoTGOWestern Africa	3.77
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	3.76
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	3.73
SenegalSENWestern Africa	3.73
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	3.69
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3.65
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	3.65
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	3.60
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	3.59
EcuadorECUSouth America	3.56
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	3.56
IsraelISRWestern Asia	3.55
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	3.54
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	3.54
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	3.52
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	3.50
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	3.45
BeninBENWestern Africa	3.39
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	3.39
JordanJORWestern Asia	3.37
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	3.28
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	3.26
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	3.23
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	3.22
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	3.19
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	3.16
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	3.09
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	3.03
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	3.02
OmanOMNWestern Asia	3.02
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	3.02
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	3.00
United StatesUSANorthern America	2.79
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	2.77
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	2.67
QatarQATWestern Asia	2.66

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Japan7.79
Syria7.62
South Korea7.09
Mongolia7.06
Guyana6.83

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 4.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
158values changed, of 159 in both
142 · 16rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Iraq3.97 → 4.78+0.81
Haiti5.53 → 6.19+0.66
Guinea4.65 → 5.10+0.45
Egypt5.96 → 6.39+0.43
Malawi4.29 → 4.69+0.40

Fell most

DR Congo3.19 → 2.77−0.42
Suriname6.40 → 6.16−0.24
Hungary5.40 → 5.25−0.15
Türkiye4.65 → 4.51−0.14
Czechia3.94 → 3.81−0.13

− Nicaragua

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 2024.
126 distinct values among 159
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 4.67. 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 159 countries has every column.

05The files

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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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2024). Cost of a Healthy Diet, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/healthy-diet-cost/2024

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07Questions