Data for 2018

Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2018

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

Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2018 covers 146 countries on 2 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 93.7; Lebanon is lowest, at 0.1. The middle country reads 29.9. Against 2017, 142 values changed (32 up, 110 down), the same countries are covered.

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Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet · Data for 2018

HighestDR Congo

93.7

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
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	93.7	84.4
2	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	90.8	9.2
3	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	88.6	10.5
4	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	86.4	16.0
5	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	86.2	25.0
6	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	86.1	4.2
7	NigerNERWestern Africa	84.6	18.8
=8	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	83.1	22.8
=8	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	83.1	14.9
10	HaitiHTICaribbean	78.1	8.6
11	GuyanaGUYSouth America	77.8	0.6
12	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	77.7	9.7
13	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	75.9	31.5
14	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	74.2	42.6
15	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	74.0	4.1
16	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	71.7	193.5
17	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	71.5	1.6
18	BeninBENWestern Africa	71.3	8.8
19	KenyaKENEastern Africa	69.8	35.1
20	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	69.5	142.4
21	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	68.5	0.8
22	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	66.1	20.2
23	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	65.8	1.3
24	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	65.5	13.4
=25	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	65.3	73.6
=25	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	65.3	4.9
27	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	65.0	3.2
28	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	64.8	20.3
29	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	63.4	10.2
30	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	60.0	1.4
31	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	59.5	34.9
32	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	58.5	95.6
33	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	58.4	4.2
34	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	58.0	131.6
35	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	57.1	0.4
36	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	56.9	0.9
37	TogoTGOWestern Africa	56.7	4.2
38	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	55.7	0.6
39	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	55.2	759.2
40	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	54.8	0.3
41	MaliMLIWestern Africa	53.8	11.0
42	Costa RicaCRICentral America	53.7	2.7
43	FijiFJIMelanesia	52.5	0.5
44	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	52.1	14.3
45	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	51.6	1.5
46	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	50.6	12.6
=47	PanamaPANCentral America	50.0	2.1
=47	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	50.0	9.8
49	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	49.9	2.2
50	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	49.8	1.6
51	SenegalSENWestern Africa	49.5	7.9
52	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	48.4	52.9
53	ChileCHLSouth America	47.9	9.1
54	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	46.6	7.8
55	GuineaGINWestern Africa	46.4	5.9
56	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	45.9	1.2
57	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	45.0	0.1
58	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	44.2	8.7
59	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	44.0	0.1
60	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	43.4	3.0
61	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	42.7	1.0
62	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	41.3	43.7
63	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	40.6	17.2
64	HondurasHNDCentral America	39.6	3.9
65	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	38.8	2.5
66	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	37.4	3.7
67	ColombiaCOLSouth America	36.6	18.0
68	GabonGABMiddle Africa	33.7	0.7
=69	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	33.3	3.6
=69	PeruPERSouth America	33.3	10.6
71	IranIRNSouthern Asia	32.6	28.1
72	UruguayURYSouth America	32.0	1.1
73	MexicoMEXCentral America	30.4	37.9
74	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	29.3	6.5
75	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	28.9	8.1
76	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	28.5	0.4
77	BrazilBRASouth America	27.7	57.1
78	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	27.6	1.1
79	NicaraguaNICCentral America	27.5	1.8
80	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	26.4	0.5
81	ParaguayPRYSouth America	25.5	1.6
82	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	24.9	353.8
83	EcuadorECUSouth America	24.4	4.2
84	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	23.0	0.6
85	IraqIRQWestern Asia	22.9	9.2
=86	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	22.6	2.4
=86	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	22.6	0.4
88	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	22.2	0.0
89	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	21.9	32.0
=90	BelizeBLZCentral America	21.7	0.1
=90	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	21.7	7.0
92	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	21.4	1.2
93	IsraelISRWestern Asia	21.2	1.8
94	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	21.1	1.9
95	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	20.9	0.6
96	SurinameSURSouth America	20.4	0.1
97	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	19.7	0.1
98	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	19.3	0.5
99	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	19.0	2.0
100	PolandPOLEastern Europe	17.4	6.7
=101	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	16.9	0.6
=101	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	16.9	0.2
103	JapanJPNEastern Asia	16.7	21.2
104	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	14.5	0.1
105	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	14.1	11.9
=106	BoliviaBOLSouth America	13.0	1.5
=106	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	13.0	4.6
108	SpainESPSouthern Europe	12.0	5.7
109	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	11.9	0.2
110	ItalyITASouthern Europe	10.5	6.3
111	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	10.3	5.3
112	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	10.0	9.6
113	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	9.3	0.3
114	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	8.1	0.0
115	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	7.9	1.5
116	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	7.6	0.9
117	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	7.4	1.8
118	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	6.8	0.0
=119	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	5.3	0.5
=119	United StatesUSANorthern America	5.3	17.9
121	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	5.1	0.5
122	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	4.8	0.0
123	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	3.9	2.6
=124	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	3.8	0.9
=124	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	3.8	1.3
=126	CanadaCANNorthern America	3.3	1.2
=126	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	3.3	0.0
128	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	3.2	0.1
129	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	3.1	0.3
130	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	2.9	0.1
131	BelarusBLREastern Europe	2.8	0.3
=132	FranceFRAWestern Europe	2.5	1.6
=132	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	2.5	2.0
=132	JordanJORWestern Asia	2.5	0.3
=135	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	2.4	0.2
=135	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	2.4	0.0
137	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1.8	0.1
=138	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	1.7	0.3
=138	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	1.7	0.1
=138	QatarQATWestern Asia	1.7	0.5
141	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	1.6	0.0
142	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	1.4	0.2
=143	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	1.3	0.1
=143	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	1.3	0.1
145	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	1.2	0.1
146	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.1	0.0

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1DR Congo93.7
2South Sudan90.8
3Burundi88.6
4Malawi86.4
5Mozambique86.2

Lowest

146Lebanon0.1
145Denmark1.2
143Finlandshared1.3
143Azerbaijanshared1.3
142Belgium1.4

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 29.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

People unable to afford a healthy diet (millions)
HighestIndia759.2
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 2.2

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
142values changed, of 146 in both
32 · 110rose · fell
4unchanged

Rose most

Angola60.1 → 64.8+4.7
Japan13.7 → 16.7+3.0
Iran29.9 → 32.6+2.7
Nicaragua25.5 → 27.5+2.0
Fiji50.6 → 52.5+1.9

Fell most

Bhutan28.8 → 14.5−14.3
Syria57.3 → 44.2−13.1
Benin80.1 → 71.3−8.8
Bulgaria51.7 → 43.4−8.3
Albania29.2 → 20.9−8.3

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

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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.
129 distinct values among 146
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 3 countries share 2.5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 146 countries has every column.

05The files

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

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07Questions

Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest unable to afford a healthy diet in Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2018?

DR Congo, at 93.7, of the 146 countries in the file.

What year does Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2018 cover?

146.

Where can I download Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet, 2018?

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