Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 was 3.2 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Australia and New Zealand, 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 Australia and New Zealand is 3.2 %, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 3.8 % in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3.2 %, in 2023.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 137th of 159 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.5 % | — |
| 2018 | 3.8 % | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 3.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3.6 % | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 3.4 % | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 3.2 % | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 3.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3.2 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.7 % | 3.5 % | 3.8 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 3.4 % | 3.2 % | 3.8 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
More economy & growth data for Australia and New Zealand
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 7.42 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 4.44 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 2.09 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 65,559 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 54,411 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.74 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 3.22 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 2.24 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 1.23 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 25.3 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Australia and New Zealand?
- Prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Australia and New Zealand was 3.2 % 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 3.8 % in 2018.
- What is the lowest prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.2 % in 2023.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 137th out of 159 countries with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.