Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), simple average — Value — July 2026 in Lower-middle-income economies
Lower-middle-income economies: Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), simple average — Value — July 2026 was 4.83 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2025. ▲ Rising
Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), simple average — Value — July 2026 in Lower-middle-income economies, 2017–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in Int$ (PPP) per person per day.
Analysis
Lower-middle-income economies recorded 4.83 Int$ (PPP) per person per day for cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 in 2025. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 50.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 in Lower-middle-income economies peaked at 4.83 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.21 Int$ (PPP) per person per day, in 2017.
That places Lower-middle-income economies 10th out of 35 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), simple average — Value — July 2026 in Lower-middle-income economies, year by year
| Year | Int$ (PPP) per person per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.21 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | — |
| 2018 | 3.28 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 3.38 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 3.56 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 3.76 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 4.17 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 4.47 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 4.65 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +4.0% |
| 2025 | 4.83 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.29 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3.21 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3.38 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3 |
| 2020s | 4.24 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3.56 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 4.83 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 6 |
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- Consumer Prices, General Indices (2015 = 100), median — Value 170.63 (2026)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 in Lower-middle-income economies?
- Cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 in Lower-middle-income economies was 4.83 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 recorded in Lower-middle-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 4.83 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2025.
- What is the lowest cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 recorded in Lower-middle-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.21 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2017.
- How does Lower-middle-income economies rank for cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026?
- Lower-middle-income economies ranks 10th out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is cost of a healthy diet (cohd), simple average — value — july 2026 rising or falling in Lower-middle-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower-middle-income economies data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), simple average — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Indicators on the cost and affordability of a healthy diet (CoAHD) are estimated in each country and show the population’s physical and economic access to least expensive locally available foods to meet requirements for a healthy diet, as defined in food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs). The indicators use observed retail food consumer prices and income distributions to provide an operational measure of people’s access to locally available foods in the proportions needed for health. These indicators support efforts within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030 (SDG 2). They also support the monitoring of progress towards the objective of transforming agrifood systems by promoting “nutrition-sensitive agriculture”. FAO, in partnership with the Food Price for Nutrition of the World Bank, produces and reports the CoAHD indicators.