In 2023, about 11 percent of respondents from Switzerland followed a vegetarian diet and consumed no meat or fish. Around seven percent of surveyed consumers in the United Kingdom stated the same. This placed the UK directly behind Switzerland in a Europe-wide comparison.
Share of respondents who follow a vegetarian diet in selected countries in Europe in 2023*
The original survey question was: "Do you follow one or more of the following nutrition rules?" This statistic shows the share of all who answered, "Vegetarian (not eating meat or fish)".
*Depending on the country, the survey was carried out in the first quarter of 2023 or the data aggregates four survey waves for each quarter from the 2nd of 2022 to the first of 2023. For the following countries the data was aggregated: Austria, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, and the UK. Respondent numbers are generally over 2,000 respondents.
For more information, please visit the Global Consumer Survey home page and take a look at our methodology. Figures have been rounded.
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