Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report) in Europe
Europe: Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report) was 8.2 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Europe, 2017–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Europe is 8.2 %, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 40.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Europe peaked at 13.8 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 8.2 %, in 2025.
That places Europe 27th out of 34 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report) in Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13.8 % | — |
| 2018 | 12.7 % | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 11.6 % | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 10.6 % | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 10.4 % | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 10.2 % | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 9.2 % | -9.8% |
| 2024 | 8.5 % | -7.6% |
| 2025 | 8.2 % | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.7 % | 11.6 % | 13.8 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 9.52 % | 8.2 % | 10.6 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 24 Ghana 65.8 % compare
- 25 Burkina Faso 65.5 % compare
- 26 Equatorial Guinea 63.2 % compare
- 27 Pakistan 63 % compare
- 28 Sierra Leone 61.9 % compare
- 29 Syrian Arab Republic 61.1 % compare
- 29 Syria 61.1 % compare
More economy & growth data for Europe
- GDP Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth rate 3.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation Deflator — Value US$, 2015 prices 2.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, annual growth rate 4.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, annual growth rate 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices, annual growth -0.5895 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices -0.5895 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 1.68 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 21.04 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 20.98 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Europe?
- Prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Europe was 8.2 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 13.8 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2 % in 2025.
- How does Europe rank for prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026?
- Europe ranks 27th out of 34 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Indicators on the cost and affordability of a healthy diet (CoAHD) are estimated in each country and show the population’s physical and economic access to least expensive locally available foods to meet requirements for a healthy diet, as defined in food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs). The indicators use observed retail food consumer prices and income distributions to provide an operational measure of people’s access to locally available foods in the proportions needed for health. These indicators support efforts within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030 (SDG 2). They also support the monitoring of progress towards the objective of transforming agrifood systems by promoting “nutrition-sensitive agriculture”. FAO, in partnership with the Food Price for Nutrition of the World Bank, produces and reports the CoAHD indicators.