Hungary vs Romania: Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian)

Hungary
15.1
in 2025
Romania
18.1
in 2025
Hungary rank
5th
Romania rank
3rd

Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) over time

  • Hungary
  • Romania
0102030200520152025

How they compare

Romania currently reports 18.1 against 15.1 in Hungary, a difference of 3.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.2 times Hungary's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Romania ahead.

Hungary ranks 5th and Romania ranks 3rd of 37 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Hungary averaged higher in 2 and Romania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hungary Romania Difference Ahead
2000s 26 23.47 2.53 Hungary
2010s 23.55 20.57 2.98 Hungary
2020s 13.97 18.95 4.98 Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian), Hungary or Romania?
Romania, at 18.1 against 15.1 in Hungary as of 2025.
What is the difference in inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian) between Hungary and Romania?
3, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Romania?
19 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2025.
How do Hungary and Romania rank globally for inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian)?
Hungary ranks 5th and Romania ranks 3rd of 37 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Eurostat, published as Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Hungary vs Romania: Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian). Statizoid, drawing on Eurostat. Retrieved 25 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/inability-to-afford-a-meal-with-meat-chicken-fish-or-vegetarian-equivalent-every-second-3/hungary/romania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/inability-to-afford-a-meal-with-meat-chicken-fish-or-vegetarian-equivalent-every-second-3/hungary/romania/">Hungary vs Romania: Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
44 places, 820 data points, 2003–2025
Last refreshed