Turkey is the primary country in Europe on the list, where 37% of the population cannot afford red meat, poultry, or fish.
Eurostat decided to recalculate the purchasing power of Turkish minimum wage due to the everlasting price hikes, high inflation rate exceeding 50%, and ongoing depreciation of the Turkish Lira.
According to Euronews Turkey, the “proper food” data for 2020 announced by Eurostat shows those who cannot afford red meat, poultry, fish, or equivalent vegetarian food on a day-to-day basis.
Accordingly, Turkey ranks first among 36 European countries with 37%. The European Union (EU) average, on the other hand, is around 8.6%.
Balkan countries come after Turkey: North Macedonia with 36.8%; Albania with34.3%, Bulgaria with 25.9%. After these countries, the rate drastically drops to 15%.
Germany in fifth place
In Germany (which is Europe’s largest economy), the rate of those who can’t afford to eat meat, chicken, or fish daily is 15.1%. Thus, Germany ranks fifth on the list after the countries mentioned above.
The countries with the lowest rates are Cyprus with 1.1%, Ireland with 1.5%, and Switzerland with 1.8%.
Other countries’ rates are as follows: Greece 12.4%; Italy 9.9%, Spain 5.4%, England 4.8% and the Netherlands 2%.
Translation: Cem Cetinguc