Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Asia
Asia: Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 was 28.9 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Asia, 2017–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Asia is 28.9 %, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Asia peaked at 43.1 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 28.9 %, in 2025.
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 43.1 % | — |
| 2018 | 40 % | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 38.5 % | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 40.7 % | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 36.7 % | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 35.4 % | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 32.9 % | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 31.3 % | -4.9% |
| 2025 | 28.9 % | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 40.53 % | 38.5 % | 43.1 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 34.32 % | 28.9 % | 40.7 % | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Asia
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 37.66 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$ 13.40 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 12.58 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 33.73 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 33.42 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita, 2015 prices 2.88 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 3.51 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 4.9 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 5.54 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 8,307 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Asia?
- Prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Asia was 28.9 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 43.1 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.9 % in 2025.
- How does Asia rank for prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026?
- Asia ranks 9th out of 13 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — 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.