Cost of a healthy diet: Value July 2026 (SOFI report) … weighted in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Cost of a healthy diet: Value July 2026 (SOFI report) … weighted was 3.65 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2025. ▲ Rising
Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), weighted average — Value — July 2026 in Middle Africa, 2017–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in Int$ (PPP) per person per day.
Analysis
In 2025, cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026 in Middle Africa stood at 3.65 Int$ (PPP) per person per day.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026 in Middle Africa peaked at 3.74 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.23 Int$ (PPP) per person per day, in 2018.
That places Middle Africa 31st out of 35 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Cost of a healthy diet: Value July 2026 (SOFI report) … weighted in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | Int$ (PPP) per person per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.6 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | — |
| 2018 | 3.23 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 3.36 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 3.4 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 3.53 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 3.73 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 3.74 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3.63 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | -2.9% |
| 2025 | 3.65 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.4 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3.23 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3.6 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3 |
| 2020s | 3.61 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3.4 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3.74 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 6 |
More economy & growth data for Middle Africa
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, annual growth rate 8.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth rate 4.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 20.09 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 122,785 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$ 57,522 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 1.12 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 4.45 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 0.2868 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 1,293 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 1,345 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026 in Middle Africa?
- Cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026 in Middle Africa was 3.65 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), weighted average — value — july 2026 recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3.74 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2023.
- What is the lowest cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026 recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.23 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2018.
- How does Middle Africa rank for cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026?
- Middle Africa ranks 31st out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026 rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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), weighted 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.