What is the difference in number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet between Algeria and Viet Nam?

500,000 people, with Algeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Viet Nam?

8 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

FAO and World Bank (2025), using data and methods from Bai et al. (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Algeria vs Viet Nam: Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet

Algeria

9.40 million people

in 2024

Viet Nam

8.90 million people

in 2024

Algeria rank

44th

Viet Nam rank

45th

Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet over time

Algeria
Viet Nam

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 9.40 million people against 8.90 million people in Viet Nam, a difference of 500,000 people.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.1 times Viet Nam's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Viet Nam ahead.

Algeria ranks 44th and Viet Nam ranks 45th of 150 countries.

Viet Nam has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Algeria	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
2010s	7.70 million people	10.33 million people	2.63 million people	Viet Nam
2020s	9.14 million people	9.72 million people	580,000 people	Viet Nam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet, Algeria or Viet Nam?: Algeria, at 9.40 million people against 8.90 million people in Viet Nam as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet between Algeria and Viet Nam?: 500,000 people, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Viet Nam?: 8 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2024.
How do Algeria and Viet Nam rank globally for number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet?: Algeria ranks 44th and Viet Nam ranks 45th of 150 countries.
Where does this data come from?: FAO and World Bank (2025), using data and methods from Bai et al. (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet
Unit: people
Source: FAO and World Bank (2025), using data and methods from Bai et al. (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 150 places, 1,199 data points, 2017–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Total number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet in a given country and year.