Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Western Europe
Western Europe: Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 was 3.8 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Western 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 Western Europe is 3.8 %, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 52.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Western Europe peaked at 3.8 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.3 %, in 2018.
That places Western Europe 32nd out of 33 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2.5 % | — |
| 2018 | 2.3 % | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 2.8 % | +21.7% |
| 2020 | 2.5 % | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 3.1 % | +24.0% |
| 2022 | 3.6 % | +16.1% |
| 2023 | 3.8 % | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 3.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3.8 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.53 % | 2.3 % | 2.8 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 3.43 % | 2.5 % | 3.8 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More economy & growth data for Western Europe
- Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ 12.78 million (2027)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ 11.28 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.94 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita 56,453 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices 45,841 USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 9.16 million million USD (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ 3.64 % (2024)
- Gross Domestic Product — Annual growth US$ per capita 3.47 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 0.7042 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 21.22 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Western Europe?
- Prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Western Europe was 3.8 % 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3.8 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3 % in 2018.
- How does Western Europe rank for prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026?
- Western Europe ranks 32nd out of 33 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.