Downloads
Resources
Use the following resources to conduct your own diet quality survey and analyze the results.
- DQQ translated into the national language(s) and in English
- IYCF DQQ: Companion questionnaire for infants and young children (age 6-23 months)
DRC
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for DRC. Accessed at dietquality.org on August 15, 2025.You are free to use the Diet Quality Questionnaires (DQQ), under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license under which they are published. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made during use. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted, meaning you cannot distribute a modified form of the work.
- BY: Credit must be given to the creator.
- NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
- ND: No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted.
Required citation for use of the Required citation for use of the country-level results (for example, MDD-W prevalence in a country):
Global Diet Quality Project. 2024. “DQQ Results Dataset 2021-2024.” Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/KY3W8A. Accessed at dietquality.org on August 15, 2025.You are free to use the DQQ data, under the terms of the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license under which they are published. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
- BY: Credit must be given to the creator.
- NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
- SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.
Required citation for use of the Gallup World Poll microdata:
Global Diet Quality Project. 2024. “DQQ Microdata 2021-2024.” Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/PWWJSA.Indicators
Data collected Sep 3 – Oct 26, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
49%
All-5
29%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
35%
Vegetables
90%
Fruits
56%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
58%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
37%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
16%
More than one sugary food or beverage
33%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
5%
Processed meats
9%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
17%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
7%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.5
Starchy staple foods
91%
Whole grains
13%
Foods made from grains
59%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
66%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
54%
Pulses
23%
Nuts or seeds
41%
Vegetables
90%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
10%
Dark green leafy vegetables
81%
Other vegetables
43%
Fruits
56%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
21%
Citrus
16%
Other fruits
40%
Animal-source foods
76%
Dairy
17%
Milk
14%
Yogurt
4%
Cheese
2%
Eggs
12%
Meat, poultry, or fish
73%
Fish or seafood
52%
Poultry
12%
Unprocessed red meat
26%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
13%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
16%
Fast food or instant noodles
3%
Salty or fried snacks
20%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
3%
Instant noodles
0%
Fast food
3%
Deep fried foods
18%
Sweet foods
34%
Baked or grain-based sweets
24%
Other sweets
18%
Sweet beverages
52%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
16%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
38%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
13%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night