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
38
Highest
36.5%
Albania
Lowest
1.0%
Netherlands
Median
7.0%
Years covered
16
2010–2025
Data points
635

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 38 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 9.2%.

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

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 27 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 equ: 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 Slovakia 13.2% 2025 down 41.3% falling
8 Serbia 13.2% 2025 down 45.2% falling
10 Montenegro 13.0% 2023 up 100.0% rising
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 Italy 9.1% 2025 down 34.5% falling
15 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
16 United Kingdom 7.4% 2018 up 7.2% falling
17 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
18 Latvia 7.0% 2025 down 57.3% volatile
18 Lithuania 7.0% 2025 down 38.6% falling
18 Belgium 7.0% 2025 up 22.8% falling
21 Czechia 6.9% 2025 down 44.8% falling
22 Spain 5.6% 2025 up 75.0% rising
23 Denmark 5.3% 2025 up 26.2% rising
24 Finland 4.2% 2025 up 7.7% falling
25 Estonia 4.0% 2025 down 4.8% falling
26 Slovenia 3.0% 2025 down 11.8% volatile
27 Sweden 2.7% 2025 up 125.0% rising
27 Croatia 2.7% 2025 down 78.9% volatile
29 Austria 2.3% 2025 down 70.1% falling
30 Ireland 2.1% 2025 down 64.4% volatile
30 Norway 2.1% 2025 down 40.0% falling
32 Iceland 1.9% 2020 down 47.2% falling
32 Poland 1.9% 2025 down 76.8% volatile
34 Luxembourg 1.5% 2022 unchanged rising
35 Portugal 1.4% 2025 down 63.2% falling
36 Cyprus 1.2% 2025 down 72.1% volatile
36 Switzerland 1.2% 2024 down 58.6% falling
38 Netherlands 1.0% 2025 up 100.0% volatile

About this data

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
44 places, 635 data points, 2010–2025
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