Cost healthy diet in Malaysia
Malaysia: Cost healthy diet was 4.27 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
4.27
Change on year
up 2.9%
World rank
101st
of 174 countries
All-time high
4.27
in 2024
All-time low
3.1
in 2017
Years of data
8
2017–2024
Cost healthy diet in Malaysia, 2017–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, cost healthy diet in Malaysia stood at 4.27. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 37.7% over ten years.
Malaysia ranks 101st of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cost healthy diet in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.1 | — |
| 2018 | 3.2 | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 3.3 | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 3.43 | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 3.52 | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 3.89 | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 4.15 | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 4.27 | +2.9% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 4.27 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.71, 91% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 4.27 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4.67, 91% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3 |
| 2020s | 3.85 | 3.43 | 4.27 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More health data for Malaysia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.9119 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.2888 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 652 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 18 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.7207 % 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 0.0297 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.5991 % 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 0.0316 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cost healthy diet in Malaysia?
- Cost healthy diet in Malaysia was 4.27 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cost healthy diet recorded in Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.27 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cost healthy diet recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1 in 2017.
- How does Malaysia rank for cost healthy diet?
- Malaysia ranks 101st out of 174 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cost healthy diet rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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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