Global Dataset on GDP, Food Prices, Food Insecurity, and Health Expenditure (1960–2024)

This dataset compiles yearly global indicators from 1960 to 2024, including GDP (both nominal and PPP-adjusted), food insecurity index, health expenditure, income inequality (GINI), and detailed food price indices (overall, meat, dairy, cereals, vegetable oils, and sugar). The dataset is structured to support multicausal econometric modeling, including VAR and mediation analysis, on the interconnections between socioeconomic and food-related health determinants. It was used in the study titled "Examining the Interconnections Among Income, Food Prices, Food Insecurity, and Health Expenditure: A Multicausality Approach" submitted to BMC Public Health.