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

100,000 people, with Uruguay ahead.

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

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.

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

Portugal

1.10 million people

in 2024

Uruguay

1.20 million people

in 2024

Portugal rank

91st

Uruguay rank

88th

Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet over time

Portugal
Uruguay

How they compare

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

That makes Uruguay'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.

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

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
2010s	1.63 million people	1.07 million people	566,667 people	Portugal
2020s	1.26 million people	1.24 million people	20,000 people	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet, Portugal or Uruguay?: Uruguay, 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 Portugal and Uruguay?: 100,000 people, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Uruguay?: 8 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2024.
How do Portugal and Uruguay rank globally for number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet?: Portugal ranks 91st and Uruguay ranks 88th 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.