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Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), PPP dollar per person per day

Field Value
Description The cost of a healthy diet indicator is the cost of purchasing the least expensive locally available foods to meet requirements for energy and food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs), for a representative person within energy balance at 2 330 kcal/day. The cost of a healthy diet is converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity (PPP).
Definition Not specified
Activity type Food demand
Environment activity type Pricing
Demand activity type Consumer characteristics
Outcome type Economic impacts
Category FoodAffordability
Connects to transition domains None specified
Unit(s) of measurement None specified
Unit(s) of measurement description international dollars per person per day (using PPP)
SDG Targets SDG_2, SDG_1, SDG_3
Transition domain alignment Area_1 (Strong), Area_2 (Adequate), Area_3 (Strong), Area_4 (Strong)
Supply chain components Consumption, Retail
Methodology Not specified