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Affordability of a healthy diet: ratio of cost to food expenditures

The ratio of the cost of a healthy diet to total food expenditure per capita per day from national accounts. Food Prices for Nutrition provides indicators on the cost and affordability of healthy diets in each country, showing the population's physical and economic access to sufficient quantities of locally available items for an active and healthy life. It also provides indicators on the cost and affordability of an energy-sufficient diet and of a nutrient-adequate diet.

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Food system outcome type: economic impacts

Category: FoodAffordability

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