Food & Agriculture (Facts & Figure)

S. Kamal Hayder Kazmi

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The Average Cost Of A Healthy Diet
Details	Cost of a healthy diet (PPP dollars)
Details	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
World	3.30	3.43	3.60	4.01	4.30	4.46
Africa	3.21	3.32	3.52	3.89	4.18	4.41
Northern Africa	3.46	3.44	3.65	3.99	4.51	4.76
Sub-Saharan Africa	3.18	3.31	3.51	3.88	4.15	4.37
Eastern Africa	3.23	3.33	3.51	3.88	4.18	4.48
Middle Africa	3.25	3.40	3.64	4.02	4.24	4.39
Southern Africa	3.28	3.43	3.64	3.96	4.27	4.44
Western Africa	3.06	3.19	3.39	3.77	4.01	4.21
Asia	3.36	3.54	3.72	4.09	4.31	4.43
Central Asia	3.10	3.26	3.38	3.70	3.81	3.78
Eastern Asia	4.36	4.66	4.89	5.39	5.74	5.95
South-eastern Asia	3.72	3.89	3.97	4.29	4.52	4.63
Southern Asia	3.43	3.57	3.79	4.20	4.41	4.57
Western Asia	2.85	3.03	3.16	3.60	3.81	3.92
Latin America And The Caribbean	3.78	3.96	4.16	4.62	4.97	5.16
Caribbean	4.04	4.23	4.42	4.90	5.24	5.48
Latin America	3.54	3.70	3.91	4.36	4.72	4.87
Central America	3.46	3.55	3.71	4.15	4.51	4.69
South America	3.60	3.80	4.03	4.49	4.85	4.98
Oceania	2.84	2.94	3.09	3.45	3.75	3.86
Northern America And Europe	2.96	3.04	3.14	3.58	3.90	4.02
Europe	2.97	3.05	3.14	3.59	3.91	4.03
Eastern Europe	3.06	3.18	3.25	3.73	4.05	4.18
Northern Europe	2.77	2.84	2.90	3.27	3.58	3.68
Southern Europe	3.35	3.39	3.53	4.11	4.49	4.63
Western Europe	2.52	2.60	2.65	2.97	3.24	3.31
Northern America	2.84	2.98	3.14	3.50	3.75	3.85
Country Income Group
Low-income countries	3.07	3.24	3.47	3.83	4.12	4.41
Lower-middle-income countries	3.33	3.49	3.68	4.07	4.33	4.48
Upper-middle-income countries	3.57	3.70	3.88	4.35	4.68	4.83
High-income countries	3.16	3.27	3.40	3.79	4.08	4.22
Notes: The cost of a healthy diet (CoHD) is expressed in purchasing power parity (PPP) dollars per person per day. It is reported as the arithmetic mean of the CoHD for the countries in the groups reported above. Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet (CoAHD). [Accessed on 28 July 2025].

Pakistan: Area and Production of Other Kharif and Rabi Crops(Area: 000 Hectares; Production: 000 Tones)
Crops	2023-24		2024-25 (P)
Crops	Area	Production	Area	Production	% Change in production
Bajra	238	294	229	252	-14.4
Jowar	47	39	46	38	-2.5
Gram	797	209	710	175	-16.6
Barley	40	44	36	39	-12.1
Rapeseed & Mustard	362	389	427	470	17.9
Tobacco	55	186	55	186	0.0
Masoor	6	5	6	5	-0.5
Moong	201	153	185	131	-14.4
Mash	7	6	8	6	4.7
Potato	339	8434	386	9400	11.5
Onion	143	2304	167	2670	15.9
Chillies	56	218	55	191	-12.1

Pakistan: Fertilizer Supply Demand (000 Tons)
Description	Rabi (Oct-Mar) 2024-25 (Actual)		Kharif (Apr-Sep) 2025 (Estimated)
Description	Urea	DAP	Urea	DAP
Opening stock	622	384	824	186
Imported supplies	0	247	0	59
Domestic Production*	3,317	393	3,381	442
Total Availability	3,939	1,024	4,205	687
Offtake/Demand@	3,103	843	3,259	788
Write on/off	-12	5	0	0
Closing stock	824	186	946	-101
* Domestic production is based on data provided by the fertilizer industry with the assumption that two SNGPL-based plants will remain operational during Kharif 2025.@ Urea offtake for Kharif 2025 is based on the four-year average (2020-2023) plus a 1 percent increase, while DAP offtake is based on the last 5-year average.