Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA) — Value — July in Lower-middle-income economies
Lower-middle-income economies: Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA) — Value — July was 1,394 million No in 2025. ▼ Falling
Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA) — Value — July in Lower-middle-income economies, 2017–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july in Lower-middle-income economies is 1,394 million No, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july in Lower-middle-income economies peaked at 1,611 million No in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,394 million No, in 2025.
That places Lower-middle-income economies 3rd out of 34 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA) — Value — July in Lower-middle-income economies, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1,596 million No | — |
| 2018 | 1,538 million No | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 1,515 million No | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 1,611 million No | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 1,575 million No | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 1,530 million No | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 1,499 million No | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 1,472 million No | -1.8% |
| 2025 | 1,394 million No | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,549 million No | 1,515 million No | 1,596 million No | 3 |
| 2020s | 1,513 million No | 1,394 million No | 1,611 million No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower-middle-income economies
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- Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 44.1 % (2025)
- Consumer Prices, General Indices (2015 = 100), median — Value 170.63 (2026)
- Consumer Prices, General Indices (2015 = 100), weighted average 417.94 (2026)
- Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), simple average — Value — July 2026 4.83 Int$ (PPP) per person per day (2025)
- Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), weighted average — Value — July 2026 4.36 Int$ (PPP) per person per day (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july in Lower-middle-income economies?
- Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july in Lower-middle-income economies was 1,394 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 Lower-middle-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 1,611 million No in 2020.
- What is the lowest number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july recorded in Lower-middle-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,394 million No in 2025.
- How does Lower-middle-income economies rank for number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (nua) — value — july?
- Lower-middle-income economies ranks 3rd 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 Lower-middle-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 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.