Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day by country

Countries reporting
38
Highest
38.5
North Macedonia
Lowest
1.2
Cyprus
Median
5.95
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
820

What the numbers show

Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 38.5 in North Macedonia; the lowest is 1.2 in Cyprus.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.95, and the mean is 9.29.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 32.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 104.5%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 69.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 North Macedonia 38.5 2024 down 26.2% falling
2 Türkiye 35.1 2025 down 2.0% falling
3 Albania 33.4 2023 down 17.1% falling
4 Romania 18.1 2025 down 8.1% falling
5 Bulgaria 15.8 2025 down 57.1% falling
6 Hungary 15.1 2025 down 36.6% falling
7 Slovakia 14.2 2025 down 29.4% falling
7 Serbia 14.2 2025 down 42.3% falling
9 Greece 12.8 2025 down 0.8% rising
10 Malta 11.5 2025 down 12.9% falling
11 Montenegro 11.3 2023 up 46.8% rising
12 France 11.2 2025 up 53.4% rising
13 Germany 11.1 2025 up 56.3% rising
14 Italy 9.3 2025 down 21.2% rising
15 Lithuania 8.9 2025 down 37.8% falling
16 Latvia 7.9 2025 down 50.6% volatile
17 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 6.9 2021 down 11.5% falling
18 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 6.5 2019 down 33.0% falling
19 Estonia 6.2 2025 up 24.0% falling
20 Czechia 5.7 2025 down 50.0% falling
21 Spain 5.3 2025 up 103.8% rising
22 Belgium 4.8 2025 down 5.9% flat
22 United Kingdom 4.8 2018 up 11.6% rising
24 Croatia 4.7 2025 down 67.4% falling
25 Luxembourg 4.5 2025 up 104.5% rising
26 Slovenia 4.4 2025 down 31.2% falling
27 Sweden 3.5 2025 up 94.4% falling
28 Austria 3.3 2025 down 51.5% falling
28 Finland 3.3 2025 up 13.8% rising
30 Denmark 3.1 2025 up 82.4% rising
30 Norway 3.1 2025 up 34.8% falling
32 Poland 3 2025 down 63.4% volatile
33 Netherlands 2.5 2025 up 13.6% rising
34 Iceland 2.4 2020 down 45.5% falling
35 Portugal 1.9 2025 down 45.7% falling
36 Switzerland 1.7 2024 unchanged falling
36 Ireland 1.7 2025 down 51.4% falling
38 Cyprus 1.2 2025 down 69.2% volatile

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
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