Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report) in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report) was 11.2 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Eastern 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 Eastern Asia is 11.2 %, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.1% on the previous year and down 58.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Eastern Asia peaked at 26.8 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 11.2 %, in 2025.
Eastern Asia ranks 25th of 34 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report) in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 26.8 % | — |
| 2018 | 23.6 % | -11.9% |
| 2019 | 21.7 % | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 23.2 % | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 16 % | -31.0% |
| 2022 | 16.6 % | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 14 % | -15.7% |
| 2024 | 12.6 % | -10.0% |
| 2025 | 11.2 % | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 24.03 % | 21.7 % | 26.8 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 15.6 % | 11.2 % | 23.2 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 22 Chad 66.6 % compare
- 23 Guinea-Bissau 66.4 % compare
- 24 Ghana 65.8 % compare
- 25 Burkina Faso 65.5 % compare
- 26 Equatorial Guinea 63.2 % compare
- 27 Pakistan 63 % compare
- 28 Sierra Leone 61.9 % compare
More economy & growth data for Eastern Asia
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 49.31 million (2027)
- GDP Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices 0.4549 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, annual growth rate 4.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth rate 3.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, annual growth rate 4.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth 3.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 3.78 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 4.25 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 36.27 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Eastern Asia?
- Prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Eastern Asia was 11.2 % 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 26.8 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.2 % in 2025.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026?
- Eastern Asia ranks 25th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern 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.