Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA) — Value — July in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA) — Value — July was 662 million No in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA) — Value — July in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 2017–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 662 million No for number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july in 2025. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 662 million No in 2025 and was at its lowest, 550.6 million No, in 2017.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 8th out of 34 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA) — Value — July in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 550.6 million No | — |
| 2018 | 553.7 million No | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 570.6 million No | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 608.4 million No | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 620 million No | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 630.2 million No | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 646.8 million No | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 658.2 million No | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 662 million No | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 558.3 million No | 550.6 million No | 570.6 million No | 3 |
| 2020s | 637.6 million No | 608.4 million No | 662 million No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 5 Pakistan 160.7 million No compare
- 6 China, mainland 160.4 million No compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 101.7 million No compare
- 8 Ethiopia 92 million No compare
- 9 Bangladesh 67.8 million No compare
- 10 Philippines 52.6 million No compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 51.5 million No compare
More economy & growth data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 19.47 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 39.96 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 36.51 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 3.51 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 0.9511 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$ 307,151 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 11.05 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, annual growth rate 14.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth 11.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 354,336 million USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 662 million No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 662 million No in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 550.6 million No in 2017.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 8th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA) — 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.