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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |