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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

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Indicator
Inability to afford a meal with meat, chicken, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) every second day by NUTS 2 region
Unit
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
290 places, 1,450 data points, 2021–2025
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