Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report) was 66.1 % in 2025. ▬ Flat
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2017–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 66.1 % for prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 69.9 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 66.1 %, in 2025.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 8th of 34 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 69.9 % | — |
| 2018 | 68.3 % | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 68 % | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 69 % | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 68.2 % | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 67.1 % | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 67.2 % | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 66.8 % | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 66.1 % | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 68.73 % | 68 % | 69.9 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 67.4 % | 66.1 % | 69 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 90.1 % compare
- 6 Haiti 88.9 % compare
- 7 Central African Republic 87.6 % compare
- 8 Zambia 86.2 % compare
- 9 Niger 85.8 % compare
- 10 Madagascar 85.3 % compare
- 11 Nigeria 80.5 % compare
More economy & growth data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 1,183 USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth 6.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 3.54 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 5.94 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.41 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 1.51 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 6.33 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 2.46 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 31.16 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 1,271 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 66.1 % 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 69.9 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.1 % in 2025.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 8th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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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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.