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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)

Yemen
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Yemen. 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 Dec 7, 2022 – Feb 10, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
50%
All-5
23%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
32%
Vegetables
75%
Fruits
45%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
73%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
39%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
14%
More than one sugary food or beverage
36%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
13%
Processed meats
1%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
15%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
18%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5
Starchy staple foods
100%
Whole grains
48%
Foods made from grains
97%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
48%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
54%
Pulses
52%
Nuts or seeds
5%
Vegetables
75%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
25%
Dark green leafy vegetables
31%
Other vegetables
68%
Fruits
45%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
11%
Citrus
20%
Other fruits
35%
Animal-source foods
93%
Dairy
81%
Milk
50%
Yogurt
51%
Cheese
24%
Eggs
45%
Meat, poultry, or fish
50%
Fish or seafood
20%
Poultry
32%
Unprocessed red meat
7%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
7%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
0%
Fast food or instant noodles
19%
Salty or fried snacks
33%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
18%
Instant noodles
18%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
12%
Sweet foods
32%
Baked or grain-based sweets
17%
Other sweets
21%
Sweet beverages
75%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
14%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
70%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
13%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night