Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), weighted average — Value — July 2026 in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), weighted average — Value — July 2026 was 4.14 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2025. ▲ Rising
Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), weighted average — Value — July 2026 in Southern Africa, 2017–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in Int$ (PPP) per person per day.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 4.14 Int$ (PPP) per person per day for cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026 in 2025. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026 in Southern Africa peaked at 4.14 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2.98 Int$ (PPP) per person per day, in 2018.
Southern Africa ranks 26th of 35 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), weighted average — Value — July 2026 in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | Int$ (PPP) per person per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.03 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | — |
| 2018 | 2.98 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 3 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 3.07 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 3.22 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 3.54 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 3.85 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 3.99 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +3.6% |
| 2025 | 4.14 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 2.98 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3.03 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3 |
| 2020s | 3.63 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 3.07 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 4.14 Int$ (PPP) per person per day | 6 |
More economy & growth data for Southern Africa
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 1.01 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 437,021 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 5,975 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 5,489 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 401,475 million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 5 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 3.65 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 0.5481 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices -0.7455 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 2.74 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026 in Southern Africa?
- Cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026 in Southern Africa was 4.14 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4.14 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2025.
- What is the lowest cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026 recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.98 Int$ (PPP) per person per day in 2018.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026?
- Southern Africa ranks 26th out of 35 groups with data for 2025.
- Is cost of a healthy diet (cohd), weighted average — value — july 2026 rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.