Beyond calories: Benchmarking access to healthy diets for people, planet, and policy Yan BaiAnna HerforthMarko RissanenEdie PurdieWilliam A. Masters June 12, 2025 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/beyond-calories--benchmarking-access-to-healthy-diets-for-people The suite of indicators measuring the Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet, known as “CoAHD”, was launched in 2020 and is now an established set of metrics for tracking food and nutrition security worldwide. The indicators are jointly produced and published semiannually by FAO and the World Bank and featured in The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI). According to the latest estimates, nearly 2.8 billion people globally are unable to afford a healthy diet, which cost roughly $3.96 per person per day in 2022, expressed in current purchasing power parity (PPP) dollars.