What is the difference in number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet between Lesotho and United Kingdom?

100,000 people, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and United Kingdom?

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.

Lesotho vs United Kingdom: Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet

Lesotho

1.80 million people

in 2024

United Kingdom

1.70 million people

in 2024

Lesotho rank

76th

United Kingdom rank

78th

Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet over time

Lesotho
United Kingdom

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 1.80 million people against 1.70 million people in United Kingdom, a difference of 100,000 people.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2017 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Lesotho ranks 76th and United Kingdom ranks 78th of 150 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
2010s	1.57 million people	2.27 million people	700,000 people	United Kingdom
2020s	1.76 million people	1.84 million people	80,000 people	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet, Lesotho or United Kingdom?: Lesotho, at 1.80 million people against 1.70 million people in United Kingdom as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet between Lesotho and United Kingdom?: 100,000 people, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and United Kingdom?: 8 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2024.
How do Lesotho and United Kingdom rank globally for number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet?: Lesotho ranks 76th and United Kingdom ranks 78th 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.