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

1.00 million people, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka 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.

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

Sri Lanka

9.90 million people

in 2024

Viet Nam

8.90 million people

in 2024

Sri Lanka rank

43rd

Viet Nam rank

45th

Number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet over time

Sri Lanka
Viet Nam

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 9.90 million people against 8.90 million people in Viet Nam, a difference of 1.00 million people.

That makes Sri Lanka'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.

Sri Lanka ranks 43rd 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	Sri Lanka	Viet Nam	Difference	Ahead
2010s	7.43 million people	10.33 million people	2.90 million people	Viet Nam
2020s	9.38 million people	9.72 million people	340,000 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, Sri Lanka or Viet Nam?: Sri Lanka, at 9.90 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 Sri Lanka and Viet Nam?: 1.00 million people, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Viet Nam?: 8 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2024.
How do Sri Lanka and Viet Nam rank globally for number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet?: Sri Lanka ranks 43rd 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.