What People Eat Around The World Photoset

A great collection of pics, from the book Hungry Planet by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio , illustrating what people eat in a week and, most importantly, how much it costs in contrasting places around the world.

UK – $253 a week. (lovely fireplace don’t you think?)

Ecuador. $31.55 a week



Darfur -$1.23 a week



The complete collection can be found after the jump…

Germany – $500 a week for food



North Carolina – $341.98 a week for food



Japan – $317.25 a week for food



Italy – $260 a week for food



Great Britain – $253 a week for food



Kuwait – $221.45 a week for food



Mexico – $189.09 a week for food

California – $160 a week for food



Beijing, China – $155.06 a week for food



Poland – $151 a week for food

Egypt – $68.53 a week for food

Mongolia – $40 a week for food



Ecuador – $31.55 a week for food



Bhutan – $5 a week for food



Breidjing Camp – $1.23 a week



You can find the flickr photoset here.

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