Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day by NUTS 2 region by country
Countries reporting
38
Highest
35.1%
Türkiye
Lowest
1.2%
Cyprus
Median
5.6%
Years covered
5
2021–2025
Data points
1,450
What the numbers show
Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day by NUTS 2 region is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 35.1% in Türkiye; the lowest is 1.2% in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.6%, and the mean is 7.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.
Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 35.1% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 2 | Romania | 18.1% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 15.9% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 4 | Hungary | 15.1% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 5 | Serbia | 14.2% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 5 | Slovakia | 14.2% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 5 | Slovakia | 14.2% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 8 | Greece | 12.7% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 9 | Malta | 11.5% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 10 | France | 11.2% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 11.1% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 12 | Italy | 9.3% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 13 | Lithuania | 8.9% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 13 | Lithuania | 8.9% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 15 | Latvia | 7.8% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 15 | Latvia | 7.8% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 17 | Estonia | 6.0% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 17 | Estonia | 6.0% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 19 | Czechia | 5.7% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 20 | Spain | 5.4% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 21 | Belgium | 4.8% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 22 | Croatia | 4.7% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 22 | Croatia | 4.7% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 4.5% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 25 | Slovenia | 4.4% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 25 | Slovenia | 4.4% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 27 | Sweden | 3.5% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 28 | Austria | 3.3% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 28 | Finland | 3.3% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 30 | Denmark | 3.1% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 30 | Norway | 3.1% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 32 | Poland | 3.0% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 32 | Poland | 3.0% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 34 | Netherlands | 2.5% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 34 | Netherlands | 2.5% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 36 | Portugal | 1.9% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 37 | Ireland | 1.7% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 38 | Cyprus | 1.2% | 2025 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Nord-Vest 25.2%
- Macroregiunea Unu 23.2%
- Peloponnisos 21.5%
- Észak-Magyarország 21.3%
- Severen tsentralen 21.1%
- Centru 20.9%
- Dél-Dunántúl 20.5%
- Yugoiztochen 20.4%
- Yuzhen tsentralen 20.3%
- Pest 19.3%
- Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 19.1%
- Notio Aigaio 18.2%
- Východné Slovensko 18.2%
- Nord-Est 18.1%
- Sud-Vest Oltenia 18.0%
- Ionia Nisia 18.0%
- Kentriki Makedonia 17.6%
- Region Vojvodine 17.6%
- Macroregiunea Doi 17.3%
- Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria 17.1%
- Alföld és Észak 16.9%
- Sud-Muntenia 16.5%
- Sterea Elláda 16.3%
- Sud-Est 16.2%
- Észak-Alföld 16.1%
- Macroregiunea Trei 16.1%
- Region Juzne i Istocne Srbije 16.1%
- Puglia 16.0%
- Thüringen 15.9%
- Voreia Elláda 15.8%
- Bucureşti-Ilfov 15.7%
- Saarland 15.4%
- Dunántúl 15.2%
- Srbija - jug 15.1%
- Bremen 14.9%
- Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria 14.8%
- Macroregiunea Patru 14.8%
- Brandenburg 14.7%
- Campania 14.5%
- Region Sumadije i Zapadne Srbije 14.3%