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  • Publication | 2024

Timor-Leste - Cost of Diet Analysis - 2023 Update

Global Food and Nutrition Security

The report serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders to learn more about the cost and availability of nutritious diets in Timor-Leste.

Timor-Leste is facing high acute food insecurity due to inflated food costs, reduced purchasing  power and the persistent impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and successive climate shocks.

Every day households are finding it increasingly difficult to afford nutritious meals. The cost of a nutrient-dense diet (energy, protein, fat, and micronutrients) is now more than US$4 (78 percent) higher than in 2019. This poses a significant threat to nutrition and food security across the country.