A world map showing the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet by size of bubble for each country, and the percentage of each country's population affected, shown by shade of color.
A healthy diet is considered unaffordable when the diet cost exceeds the income available for food, defined as the per capita per day total income or expenditure minus the non-food expenditure of people living near the poverty thresholds as defined by the international poverty lines. The cost of a healthy diet is the cost of purchasing the least expensive locally available foods to meet requirements for energy and food-based dietary guidelines in current PPP$/person/day, for a representative person within energy balance at 2,330 kcal/day. PPP = purchasing power parities. The boundaries, colors, denominations and any other information shown on this map do not imply, on the part of the World Bank Group, any judgment on the legal status of any territory, or any endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.