Cost healthy diet in China
China: Cost healthy diet was 3.6 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
3.6
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
141st
of 174 countries
All-time high
3.6
in 2024
All-time low
2.8
in 2017
Years of data
8
2017–2024
Cost healthy diet in China, 2017–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, cost healthy diet in China stood at 3.6. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 28.6% over ten years.
That places China 141st out of 174 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Cost healthy diet in China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2.8 | — |
| 2018 | 2.82 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 3 | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 3.25 | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 3.13 | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 3.41 | +8.9% |
| 2023 | 3.53 | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 3.6 | +2.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 3.6 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.71, 77% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- China's 3.6 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4.67, 77% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.87 | 2.8 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020s | 3.38 | 3.13 | 3.6 | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
More health data for China
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.0985 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 4,642 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 10 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -8.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0159 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -8.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0176 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cost healthy diet in China?
- Cost healthy diet in China was 3.6 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cost healthy diet recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cost healthy diet recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8 in 2017.
- How does China rank for cost healthy diet?
- China ranks 141st out of 174 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cost healthy diet rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Cost healthy diet. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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