The Cost of a Healthy Diet dashboard offers an interactive platform for analyzing the affordability of nutritious diets globally. Users can explore country and region level data on the indicators of cost of a healthy diet per person per day, presented through dynamic maps and graphs. The dashboard enables comparisons across time and regions and allows users to examine the contribution of specific food groups such as fruits, vegetables, animal source foods, legumes, nuts, seeds, oils, and fats relative to staple foods within a least cost nutritious diet. It also provides data on the percentage and number of people unable to afford a healthy diet, offering insights into nutrition related vulnerabilities around the world.
Beyond tracking costs, the dashboard includes indicators that compare the cost of a healthy diet to international poverty lines and income groups over time. A unique scatter plot feature allows users to visually explore the relationship between the share of the population that cannot afford a healthy diet and the share living below the poverty line, helping uncover underlying patterns across countries and years. This powerful suite of tools makes the dashboard an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and development practitioners seeking to design informed interventions to improve food affordability and nutritional equity.
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