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Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA)

Field Value
Description The indicator estimates the total number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. The NUA indicator is computed by multiplying PUA by the reference population size taken from the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects.
Definition Not specified
Activity type Food demand
Environment activity type Pricing
Demand activity type Consumer characteristics
Outcome type Societal impacts
Category FoodAffordability
Connects to transition domains None specified
Unit(s) of measurement Million persons
Unit(s) of measurement description million people
SDG Targets SDG_2, SDG_1, SDG_10
Transition domain alignment Area_1 (Strong), Area_2 (Adequate), Area_3 (Strong), Area_4 (Strong)
Supply chain components Consumption, Retail
Methodology Not specified