Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 was 10.3 % in 2025. ▼ Falling
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Southern Europe, 2017–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Southern Europe stood at 10.3 %. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Southern Europe peaked at 16.1 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 10.3 %, in 2025.
That places Southern Europe 25th out of 33 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.1 % | — |
| 2018 | 14.6 % | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 12.7 % | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 12.9 % | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 11.3 % | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 10.7 % | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 11 % | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 10.6 % | -3.6% |
| 2025 | 10.3 % | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.47 % | 12.7 % | 16.1 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 11.13 % | 10.3 % | 12.9 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 22 Ghana 65.8 % compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 65.5 % compare
- 24 Equatorial Guinea 63.2 % compare
- 25 Pakistan 63 % compare
- 26 Sierra Leone 61.9 % compare
- 27 Mali 60.8 % compare
- 28 Botswana 59.9 % compare
More economy & growth data for Southern Europe
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 7.33 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 5.03 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 20.85 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 33,234 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 27,640 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 4.18 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 4.81 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 5.14 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 3.1 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 21.32 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Southern Europe?
- Prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Southern Europe was 10.3 % 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 16.1 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3 % in 2025.
- How does Southern Europe rank for prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026?
- Southern Europe ranks 25th out of 33 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 9 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.