Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day by level of disability (activity limitation), sex and age by country

Countries reporting
47
Highest
36.5%
Albania
Lowest
1.0%
Netherlands
Median
7.0%
Years covered
16
2010–2025
Data points
773

What the numbers show

Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day by level of disability (activity limitation), sex and age is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 36.5% in Albania; the lowest is 1.0% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.0%, and the mean is 8.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 36.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Sweden (up 125.0%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 78.9%).

Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 36.5% 2023 down 8.5% falling
2 North Macedonia 36.4% 2024 down 30.7% falling
3 Türkiye 33.2% 2025 down 5.4% falling
4 Greece 17.6% 2025 down 6.9% falling
5 Romania 16.6% 2025 down 24.5% falling
6 Bulgaria 16.1% 2025 down 60.0% falling
7 Hungary 14.7% 2025 down 47.7% falling
8 Serbia 13.2% 2025 down 45.2% falling
8 Slovakia 13.2% 2025 down 41.3% falling
8 Slovakia 13.2% 2025 down 41.3% falling
11 France 12.9% 2025 up 38.7% rising
12 Germany 12.3% 2025 up 98.4% rising
13 Malta 12.2% 2025 down 14.1% falling
14 Montenegro 10.6% 2024 up 107.8% rising
15 Italy 9.1% 2025 down 34.5% falling
16 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 7.5% 2021 down 8.5% falling
17 United Kingdom 7.4% 2018 up 7.2% falling
17 United Kingdom 7.4% 2018 up 7.2% falling
19 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 7.2% 2019 down 27.3% falling
20 Lithuania 7.0% 2025 down 38.6% falling
20 Latvia 7.0% 2025 down 57.3% volatile
20 Latvia 7.0% 2025 down 57.3% volatile
20 Lithuania 7.0% 2025 down 38.6% falling
20 Belgium 7.0% 2025 up 22.8% falling
25 Czechia 6.9% 2025 down 44.8% falling
26 Spain 5.6% 2025 up 75.0% rising
27 Denmark 5.3% 2025 up 26.2% rising
28 Finland 4.2% 2025 up 7.7% falling
29 Estonia 4.0% 2025 down 4.8% falling
29 Estonia 4.0% 2025 down 4.8% falling
31 Slovenia 3.0% 2025 down 11.8% volatile
31 Slovenia 3.0% 2025 down 11.8% volatile
33 Sweden 2.7% 2025 up 125.0% rising
33 Croatia 2.7% 2025 down 78.9% volatile
33 Croatia 2.7% 2025 down 78.9% volatile
36 Austria 2.3% 2025 down 70.1% falling
37 Norway 2.1% 2025 down 40.0% falling
37 Ireland 2.1% 2025 down 64.4% volatile
39 Poland 1.9% 2025 down 76.8% volatile
39 Iceland 1.9% 2020 down 47.2% falling
39 Poland 1.9% 2025 down 76.8% volatile
42 Luxembourg 1.5% 2022 unchanged rising
43 Portugal 1.4% 2025 down 63.2% falling
44 Cyprus 1.2% 2025 down 72.1% volatile
44 Switzerland 1.2% 2024 down 58.6% falling
46 Netherlands 1.0% 2025 up 100.0% volatile
46 Netherlands 1.0% 2025 up 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day by level of disability (activity limitation), sex and age
Unit
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
53 places, 773 data points, 2010–2025
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