What is the difference in number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet between Jordan and Portugal?

100,000 people, with Jordan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Portugal?

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.

Jordan vs Portugal: Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet

Jordan

1.20 million people

in 2024

Portugal

1.10 million people

in 2024

Jordan rank

88th

Portugal rank

91st

Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet over time

Jordan
Portugal

How they compare

Jordan currently reports 1.20 million people against 1.10 million people in Portugal, a difference of 100,000 people.

That makes Jordan's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

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

Jordan ranks 88th and Portugal ranks 91st of 150 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jordan	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
2010s	1.30 million people	1.63 million people	333,333 people	Portugal
2020s	1.38 million people	1.26 million people	120,000 people	Jordan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet, Jordan or Portugal?: Jordan, at 1.20 million people against 1.10 million people in Portugal as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet between Jordan and Portugal?: 100,000 people, with Jordan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Portugal?: 8 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2024.
How do Jordan and Portugal rank globally for number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet?: Jordan ranks 88th and Portugal ranks 91st 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.