Data for 2017

Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2017

2017, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2017 covers 146 countries on 2 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 95.8; Lebanon is lowest, at 0.1. The middle country reads 32.4.

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Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet · Data for 2017

HighestDR Congo

95.8

LowestLebanon

0.1

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

146countries
2measures per country
2017the year it describes
129distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2017, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2017: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	95.8	83.4
2	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	91.4	9.4
3	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	90.6	10.4
4	NigerNERWestern Africa	86.5	18.6
5	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	86.1	4.1
6	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	85.9	24.2
7	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	85.5	15.4
8	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	82.8	14.4
9	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	82.5	22.1
10	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	81.6	10.0
11	BeninBENWestern Africa	80.1	9.6
12	GuyanaGUYSouth America	78.2	0.6
13	HaitiHTICaribbean	77.6	8.4
14	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	77.2	31.0
15	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	74.7	41.6
16	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	74.4	198.9
17	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	73.3	3.9
18	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	70.7	1.5
19	KenyaKENEastern Africa	69.8	34.3
20	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	69.4	1.3
21	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	69.3	0.8
22	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	68.6	137.5
23	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	68.4	13.6
=24	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	67.2	10.5
=24	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	67.2	20.2
26	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	65.8	3.2
27	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	65.7	72.0
28	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	65.0	4.8
29	TogoTGOWestern Africa	64.6	4.7
30	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	62.8	101.8
31	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	61.9	1.4
32	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	60.9	35.1
33	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	60.1	18.2
34	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	59.9	4.2
35	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	59.8	813.1
36	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	59.3	132.4
=37	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	59.2	0.4
=37	MaliMLIWestern Africa	59.2	11.7
39	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	57.3	11.0
40	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	57.0	0.9
41	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	56.8	0.6
42	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	56.5	0.3
43	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	56.4	15.1
44	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	55.9	11.0
45	SenegalSENWestern Africa	54.7	8.5
46	Costa RicaCRICentral America	53.6	2.6
47	PanamaPANCentral America	52.7	2.2
48	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	51.9	1.6
49	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	51.7	3.7
50	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	51.4	1.5
51	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	50.8	12.3
52	FijiFJIMelanesia	50.6	0.5
53	ChileCHLSouth America	50.1	9.3
54	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	49.8	2.1
55	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	49.4	53.5
56	GuineaGINWestern Africa	47.1	5.8
57	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	46.5	0.1
58	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	46.1	2.9
59	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	45.5	7.5
60	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	45.4	1.1
61	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	45.0	0.1
62	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	43.6	1.0
63	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	41.3	17.2
64	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	41.0	4.0
65	HondurasHNDCentral America	40.6	3.9
66	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	40.2	41.7
67	ColombiaCOLSouth America	36.7	17.7
68	PeruPERSouth America	36.0	11.3
69	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	35.7	3.8
70	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	34.7	9.7
71	GabonGABMiddle Africa	32.8	0.7
72	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	32.6	1.3
73	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	32.5	0.6
74	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	32.3	7.1
75	MexicoMEXCentral America	31.6	39.0
76	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	31.1	0.9
77	UruguayURYSouth America	30.7	1.0
78	IranIRNSouthern Asia	29.9	25.4
79	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	29.2	0.8
=80	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	28.8	0.2
=80	BrazilBRASouth America	28.8	58.9
=80	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	28.8	406.5
83	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	28.0	0.4
84	ParaguayPRYSouth America	27.1	1.7
85	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	26.8	2.4
86	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	26.0	2.8
87	BelizeBLZCentral America	25.7	0.1
88	NicaraguaNICCentral America	25.5	1.6
89	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	24.5	0.5
90	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	24.3	0.7
91	EcuadorECUSouth America	23.7	4.0
=92	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	23.4	0.0
=92	IraqIRQWestern Asia	23.4	9.2
=94	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	22.9	33.4
=94	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	22.9	7.3
96	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	22.8	1.2
97	IsraelISRWestern Asia	22.3	1.9
98	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	22.1	2.3
99	SurinameSURSouth America	21.6	0.1
100	PolandPOLEastern Europe	19.8	7.6
101	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	18.5	0.1
102	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	18.3	0.6
103	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	18.1	0.2
104	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	15.1	12.6
105	BoliviaBOLSouth America	14.4	1.6
=106	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	13.7	0.2
=106	JapanJPNEastern Asia	13.7	17.4
=106	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	13.7	4.8
109	SpainESPSouthern Europe	12.6	5.9
110	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	12.2	6.3
111	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	11.5	2.1
112	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	11.3	0.4
=113	ItalyITASouthern Europe	11.1	6.7
=113	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	11.1	10.6
115	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	8.3	0.0
=116	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	8.1	0.0
=116	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	8.1	0.9
118	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	7.9	1.9
119	United StatesUSANorthern America	5.8	19.3
120	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	5.7	0.6
121	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	5.6	0.0
122	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	5.5	0.1
=123	BelarusBLREastern Europe	4.7	0.4
=123	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	4.7	0.1
125	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	4.4	1.4
126	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	4.2	0.4
127	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	4.1	0.2
=128	CanadaCANNorthern America	3.7	1.3
=128	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	3.7	0.3
=128	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	3.7	2.4
131	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	3.5	0.9
132	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3.0	0.0
133	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	2.8	2.3
=134	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	2.6	0.3
=134	JordanJORWestern Asia	2.6	0.3
136	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	2.5	0.2
137	FranceFRAWestern Europe	2.3	1.5
=138	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	1.9	0.3
=138	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	1.9	0.1
=138	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1.9	0.2
141	QatarQATWestern Asia	1.7	0.5
142	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	1.5	0.1
143	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	1.1	0.1
=144	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.9	0.1
=144	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.9	0.0
146	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.1	0.0

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Lowest

146Lebanon0.1
144Icelandshared0.9
144Denmarkshared0.9
143Finland1.1
142Azerbaijan1.5

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 32.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

People unable to afford a healthy diet (millions)
HighestIndia813.1
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 2.3

03Caveats

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Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2017.
129 distinct values among 146
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 28.8. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Which end is better
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06Questions

Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest unable to afford a healthy diet in Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2017?

DR Congo, at 95.8, of the 146 countries in the file.

What year does Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2017 cover?

146.

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