Cities & food security - Asia
We have compared a total of 850 cities all over the world on a number of food-related indicators like availability, food risks and healthy lifestyle. In this list you will find the top 25 largest cities (expected in 2030) in Asia in alphabetical order.
Find the city you want more information about and get an overall impression. We tell you if the overall ranking was:
- Very low
- Rather low
- Low
- Below average
- Average
- Above average
- High
- Rather high
- Very high
Furthermore we will indicate which 5 indicators had a more than average positive (+) or negative (-) effect on the ranking. (o is neutral effect)
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Ahmadabad (India)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Low |
| Availability | o |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | o |
| Affordability | - |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- climate
- GDP development
Indicators with a negative effect:
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- GDP
- share of meat and fish in diet
- kcal intake (total)
- diversity diet
- green living environment around city
- kcal from meat and fish
- child stunting
- sanitation and hygiene
Bangalore (India)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Rather low |
| Availability | o |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | o |
| Affordability | - |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- climate
- climate risk
- GDP development
Indicators with a negative effect:
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- diversity diet
- child stunting
- GDP
- kcal from meat and fish
- kcal intake (total)
- population increase
- sanitation and hygiene
Beijing (China)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Average |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | o |
| Healthy lifestyle | o |
| Accessibility | o |
| Affordability | + |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- kcal intake (total)
Indicators with a negative effect:
- climate
- population increase
- green living environment around city
Chengdu (China)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Above average |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | + |
| Healthy lifestyle | o |
| Accessibility | + |
| Affordability | + |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- kcal intake (total)
Indicators with a negative effect:
- green living environment around city
Chennai / Madras (India)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Very low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | + |
| Affordability | - |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- proximity stores
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- fresh food production
- GDP
- kcal from meat and fish
- kcal intake (total)
- share of meat and fish in diet)
- child stunting
- green living environment around the city
- vegetable/fruit/nuts production
- diversity diet
- sanitation and hygiene
Chongqing (China)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Average |
| Availability | o |
| Food risk | + |
| Healthy lifestyle | o |
| Accessibility | o |
| Affordability | o |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- kcal intake (total)
Indicators with a negative effect:
- none
Delhi (India)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | + |
| Affordability | - |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- infrastructure
- risk from flood
Indicators with a negative effect:
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- share of meat and fish in diet
- GDP
- kcal from meat and fish
- kcal intake (total)
- diversity diet
- remaining agriland
- green living environment around the city
- child stunting
- sanitation and hygiene
Dhaka (Bangladesh)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Low |
| Availability | o |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | + |
| Affordability | o |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- Gini-index
- infrastructure
- proximity stores
Indicators with a negative effect:
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- climate
- ease of doing business
- GDP
- kcal intake (total)
- prosperous (economic activity)
- share of meat and fish in diet
- risk from flood
- stability country
- green living environment around the city
- kcal from meat and fish
- child stunting
- sanitation and hygiene
Guangzhou, Guangdong (China)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Rather low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | o |
| Healthy lifestyle | o |
| Accessibility | + |
| Affordability | + |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- kcal intake (total)
- proximity stores
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- climate
- fresh food production
- risk from flood
- green living environment around city
- vegetable/fruit/nuts production
Hyderabad (India)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | o |
| Affordability | - |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- climate
- GDP development
- risk from flood
Indicators with a negative effect:
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- share of meat and fish in diet
- GDP
- diversity diet
- kcal from meat and fish
- kcal intake (total)
- child stunting
- sanitation and hygiene
Istanbul (Turkey)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | + |
| Healthy lifestyle | o |
| Accessibility | o |
| Affordability | o |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- BMI (food risk)
- climate
- proximity stores
- climate risk
- sanitation and hygiene
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- BMI (health)
- GDP development
- fresh food production
- Gini-index
- green living environment around city
- vegetable/fruit/nuts production
Jakarta (Indonesia)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | o |
| Affordability | - |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- proximity stores
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- climate
- child stunting
- remaining agriland
- risk from flood
- green living environment around city
- vegetable/fruit/nuts production
Karachi (Pakistan)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | o |
| Accessibility | - |
| Affordability | - |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- Gini-index
- proximity stores
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- climate
- ease of doing business
- GDP
- infrastructure
- child stunting
- kcal intake (total)
- prosperous (economic activity)
- sanitation and hygiene
- stability country
Kinki M.M.A. / Osaka (Japan)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Below average |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | + |
| Affordability | + |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP
- Gini-index
- infrastructure
- kcal from meat and fish
- population increase
- prosperous (economic activity)
- proximity stores
- stability country
- diversity diet
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- climate
- remaining agriland
- risk from flood
- green living environment around city
- vegetable/fruit/nuts production
Kolkata / Calcutta (India)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | + |
| Affordability | o |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- infrastructure
- proximity stores
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- climate
- share of meat and fish in diet
- GDP
- kcal intake (total)
- diversity diet
- remaining agriland
- risk from flood
- green living environment around city
- vegetable/fruit/nuts production
- kcal from meat and fish
- child stunting
- sanitation and hygiene
Krung Thep / Bangkok (Thailand)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Rather low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | + |
| Accessibility | + |
| Affordability | o |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- BMI (health)
- ease of doing business
- proximity stores
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- remaining agriland
- risk from flood
- green living environment around the city
- vegetable/fruit/nuts production
- diversity diet
Lahore (Pakistan)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Below Average |
| Availability | o |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | o |
| Accessibility | + |
| Affordability | - |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- risk from flood
- Gini-index
- infrastructure
Indicators with a negative effect:
- ease of doing business
- GDP
- kcal from meat and fish
- kcal intake (total)
- prosperous (economic activity)
- stability country
- sanitation and hygiene
- child stunting
- share of meat and fish in diet
Manila (Philippines)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Very low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | o |
| Affordability | - |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- proximity stores
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- climate
- fresh food production
- ease of doing business
- kcal intake (total)
- remaining agriland
- risk from flood
- stability country
- vegetable/fruit/nuts production
- diversity diet
Mumbai / Bombay (India)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Very low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | o |
| Affordability | - |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- proximity stores
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- climate
- share of meat and fish in diet
- fresh food production
- GDP
- diversity diet
- kcal intake (total)
- kcal from meat and fish
- child stunting
- risk from flood
- sanitation and hygiene
- vegetable/fruit/nuts production
Shanghai (China)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Average |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | o |
| Healthy lifestyle | o |
| Accessibility | + |
| Affordability | + |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- infrastructure
- kcal intake (total)
- proximity stores
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- fresh food production
- remaining agriland
- risk from flood
- green living environment around city
- vegetable/fruit/nuts production
- climate risk
Shenzhen (China)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | o |
| Healthy lifestyle | o |
| Accessibility | + |
| Affordability | o |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- kcal intake (total)
- proximity stores
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- climate
- fresh food production
- remaining agriland
- risk from flood
- green living environment around city
- vegetable/fruit/nuts production
Tehran (Iran)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Rather low |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | o |
| Healthy lifestyle | + |
| Accessibility | - |
| Affordability | - |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- risk from flood
- proximity stores
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- climate
- fresh food production
- infrastructure
- ease of doing business
- vegetable/fruit/nuts production
- share of meat and fish in diet
- diversity diet
- kcal from meat and fish
Thành Pho Ho Chí Minh / Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Low |
| Availability | o |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | o |
| Affordability | o |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- Gini-index
- kcal from meat and fish
- diversity diet
- share of meat and fish in diet
Indicators with a negative effect:
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- climate
- risk from flood
Tianjin (China)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Average |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | o |
| Healthy lifestyle | o |
| Accessibility | o |
| Affordability | + |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP development
- kcal intake (total)
Indicators with a negative effect:
- climate
- climate risk
- remaining agriland
Tokyo (Japan)
| Score | |
|---|---|
| Overall ranking | Average |
| Availability | - |
| Food risk | - |
| Healthy lifestyle | - |
| Accessibility | + |
| Affordability | + |
Indicators with a positive effect:
- GDP
- Gini-index
- infrastructure
- kcal from meat and fish
- population increase
- prosperous (economic activity)
- proximity stores
- stability country
- diversity diet
- share of meat and fish in diet
Indicators with a negative effect:
- arabale land
- BMI (health)
- BMI (food risk)
- climate
- remaining agriland
- risk from flood
- green living environment around city