How much does healthy food cost around the world?
The lowest cost of a daily diet that meets dietary guidelines – vegetables, fruit, legumes, animal-source foods, starchy staples and fats in the recommended proportions, bought at local retail prices. The World Bank calculates it from prices collected in the International Comparison Program (ICP); the data are annual.
Estimated minimum cost of a healthy diet (World Bank/FAO), not average spending on food.
Data: World Bank. Price from: 2025. Converted at the rate of: 4 November 2026. Estimated minimum cost of a healthy diet (World Bank/FAO), not average spending on food. Source · CC BY 4.0 (World Bank terms)
Country ranking
1 person, 1 day · USD
- 1 Zimbabwe 0.08 USD 2.00 ZWG
- 2 Pakistan 0.92 USD 257.39 PKR
- 3 India 0.93 USD 81.40 INR
- 4 Egypt 0.95 USD 46.77 EGP
- 5 Nigeria 1.00 USD 1,513 NGN
- 6 Nepal 1.06 USD 147.93 NPR
- 7 Belarus 1.11 USD 3.41 BYN
- 8 Kazakhstan 1.13 USD 586.84 KZT
- 9 DR Congo 1.13 USD 3,056 CDF
- 10 Madagascar 1.19 USD 5,382 MGA
- 11 Rwanda 1.19 USD 1,706 RWF
- 12 Benin 1.21 USD 701 XOF
- 13 Russia 1.25 USD 104.21 RUB
- 14 Gambia 1.29 USD 91.90 GMD
- 15 Burkina Faso 1.30 USD 757 XOF
- 16 Uzbekistan 1.31 USD 16,429 UZS
- 17 Kyrgyzstan 1.31 USD 114.65 KGS
- 18 Bangladesh 1.32 USD 160.36 BDT
- 19 Mali 1.32 USD 771 XOF
- 20 Tajikistan 1.34 USD 13.41 TJS
- 21 Zambia 1.39 USD 35.05 ZMW
- 22 Uganda 1.39 USD 5,002 UGX
- 23 Azerbaijan 1.40 USD 2.38 AZN
- 24 Sri Lanka 1.41 USD 422.73 LKR
- 25 Côte d’Ivoire 1.43 USD 830 XOF
- 26 Oman 1.46 USD 0.56 OMR
- 27 Malaysia 1.48 USD 6.32 MYR
- 28 Togo 1.48 USD 863 XOF
- 29 Senegal 1.49 USD 866 XOF
- 30 Laos 1.50 USD 30,682 LAK
- 31 Bhutan 1.51 USD 131.60 BTN
- 32 Saudi Arabia 1.53 USD 5.75 SAR
- 33 Morocco 1.54 USD 14.40 MAD
- 34 Jordan 1.55 USD 1.10 JOD
- 35 Chad 1.56 USD 906 XAF
- 36 Indonesia 1.57 USD 25,800 IDR
- 37 Kenya 1.57 USD 202.55 KES
- 38 Philippines 1.60 USD 92.07 PHP
- 39 Ecuador 1.62 USD
- 40 Eswatini 1.63 USD 29.24 SZL
- 41 Cameroon 1.65 USD 957 XAF
- 42 Guinea-Bissau 1.69 USD 984 XOF
- 43 Tunisia 1.70 USD 5.11 TND
- 44 Niger 1.72 USD 1,000 XOF
- 45 Algeria 1.73 USD 227.24 DZD
- 46 South Africa 1.74 USD 31.14 ZAR
- 47 Botswana 1.75 USD 23.58 BWP
- 48 Republic of the Congo 1.75 USD 1,017 XAF
- 49 Iraq 1.75 USD 2,275 IQD
- 50 China 1.75 USD 12.60 CNY
- 51 Cambodia 1.76 USD 7,060 KHR
- 52 Fiji 1.84 USD 4.23 FJD
- 53 Armenia 1.87 USD 722.36 AMD
- 54 Thailand 1.88 USD 61.75 THB
- 55 Lesotho 1.91 USD 34.09 LSL
- 56 Türkiye 1.91 USD 75.44 TRY
- 57 Nicaragua 1.92 USD 70.40 NIO
- 58 Moldova 1.92 USD 33.43 MDL
- 59 Central African Republic 1.95 USD 1,134 XAF
- 60 Kuwait 1.96 USD 0.60 KWD
- 61 Colombia 1.96 USD 7,952 COP
- 62 Ghana 1.98 USD 24.81 GHS
- 63 Namibia 2.01 USD 35.99 NAD
- 64 Romania 2.02 USD 9.04 RON
- 65 Paraguay 2.02 USD 15,269 PYG
- 66 Qatar 2.04 USD 7.41 QAR
- 67 Angola 2.07 USD 1,886 AOA
- 68 Cape Verde 2.10 USD 205.51 CVE
- 69 Bahrain 2.10 USD 0.79 BHD
- 70 Bolivia 2.10 USD 14.54 BOB
- 71 Mauritius 2.11 USD 97.22 MUR
- 72 Djibouti 2.13 USD 378 DJF
- 73 Burundi 2.13 USD 6,256 BIF
- 74 North Macedonia 2.14 USD 117.14 MKD
- 75 Dominican Republic 2.15 USD 133.32 DOP
- 76 United Arab Emirates 2.23 USD 8.18 AED
- 77 Panama 2.25 USD 2.25 PAB
- 78 Brazil 2.26 USD 12.61 BRL
- 79 Equatorial Guinea 2.30 USD 1,336 XAF
- 80 Gabon 2.31 USD 1,343 XAF
- 81 Guatemala 2.31 USD 17.76 GTQ
- 82 Honduras 2.36 USD 61.21 HNL
- 83 Montenegro 2.40 USD 2.13 EUR
- 84 Peru 2.40 USD 8.57 PEN
- 85 Mongolia 2.43 USD 8,600 MNT
- 86 Brunei 2.44 USD 3.19 BND
- 87 Poland 2.45 USD 9.23 PLN
- 88 Argentina 2.48 USD 3,080 ARS
- 89 Suriname 2.49 USD 92.88 SRD
- 90 United Kingdom 2.50 USD 1.90 GBP
- 91 Seychelles 2.53 USD 37.20 SCR
- 92 Belize 2.55 USD 5.10 BZD
- 93 Mexico 2.57 USD 49.51 MXN
- 94 Bulgaria 2.58 USD 2.29 EUR
- 95 Czechia 2.60 USD 56.97 CZK
- 96 Lithuania 2.63 USD 2.33 EUR
- 97 Belgium 2.64 USD 2.34 EUR
- 98 Austria 2.69 USD 2.38 EUR
- 99 Albania 2.71 USD 235.21 ALL
- 100 Cyprus 2.71 USD 2.40 EUR
- 101 Portugal 2.71 USD 2.40 EUR
- 102 Maldives 2.76 USD 42.60 MVR
- 103 Slovenia 2.77 USD 2.45 EUR
- 104 Chile 2.80 USD 2,666 CLP
- 105 Serbia 2.82 USD 293.52 RSD
- 106 Singapore 2.83 USD 3.70 SGD
- 107 Slovakia 2.86 USD 2.53 EUR
- 108 United States 2.86 USD
- 109 Croatia 2.87 USD 2.54 EUR
- 110 Spain 2.88 USD 2.55 EUR
- 111 Hungary 2.92 USD 1,032 HUF
- 112 Greece 2.93 USD 2.59 EUR
- 113 St. Lucia 2.93 USD 7.92 XCD
- 114 Bosnia & Herzegovina 2.96 USD 5.13 BAM
- 115 Netherlands 3.01 USD 2.66 EUR
- 116 Australia 3.07 USD 4.76 AUD
- 117 Ireland 3.11 USD 2.75 EUR
- 118 Latvia 3.14 USD 2.78 EUR
- 119 Italy 3.18 USD 2.81 EUR
- 120 Comoros 3.19 USD 1,389 KMF
- 121 Costa Rica 3.19 USD 1,608 CRC
- 122 New Zealand 3.24 USD 5.58 NZD
- 123 Guyana 3.26 USD 678.80 GYD
- 124 France 3.28 USD 2.90 EUR
- 125 Uruguay 3.29 USD 135.52 UYU
- 126 Trinidad & Tobago 3.31 USD 22.35 TTD
- 127 São Tomé & Príncipe 3.39 USD 73.82 STN
- 128 Germany 3.44 USD 3.04 EUR
- 129 Hong Kong SAR China 3.44 USD 26.82 HKD
- 130 Finland 3.48 USD 3.08 EUR
- 131 Denmark 3.52 USD 23.28 DKK
- 132 Malta 3.53 USD 3.12 EUR
- 133 Luxembourg 3.55 USD 3.14 EUR
- 134 Estonia 3.65 USD 3.23 EUR
- 135 Sweden 3.72 USD 36.55 SEK
- 136 Grenada 3.72 USD 10.05 XCD
- 137 Israel 3.82 USD 13.20 ILS
- 138 Jamaica 3.84 USD 610.36 JMD
- 139 Dominica 3.90 USD 10.54 XCD
- 140 Canada 3.93 USD 5.50 CAD
- 141 Curaçao 3.96 USD 7.09 XCG
- 142 St. Kitts & Nevis 4.04 USD 10.91 XCD
- 143 Aruba 4.10 USD 7.33 AWG
- 144 St. Vincent & Grenadines 4.17 USD 11.26 XCD
- 145 Switzerland 4.19 USD 3.48 CHF
- 146 Iceland 4.49 USD 576 ISK
- 147 South Korea 4.49 USD 6,390 KRW
- 148 Norway 4.52 USD 47.04 NOK
- 149 Sint Maarten 4.55 USD 8.14 XCG
- 150 Lebanon 4.55 USD 407,250 LBP
- 151 Antigua & Barbuda 4.91 USD 13.25 XCD
- 152 Japan 5.52 USD 826 JPY
- 153 Bahamas 6.08 USD 6.08 BSD
- 154 Bermuda 6.23 USD 6.23 BMD
- 155 Haiti 6.66 USD 869.79 HTG
- 156 Cayman Islands 6.96 USD 5.80 KYD
Data: World Bank. Price from: 2025. Converted at the rate of: 4 November 2026.
Where the data come from
Source: World Bank – Food Prices for Nutrition (cost of a healthy diet). Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank terms). Period: 2025. Source page.
Prices are shown in the currency the source published them in. Conversion to another currency goes through the US dollar equivalent from the period of the data (at the rate the source used) and then the latest ECB or NBP rate – so the result may differ slightly from converting at today's rate.