During the coronavirus pandemic, cooking activity increased in households all over Europe. For instance, in Germany, the average consumer cooked 8.2 meals per week in 2021, up from seven meals in 2019. The largest difference was observed in the United Kingdom, where surveyed respondents cooked 2.1 more meals per week in 2021 than in 2019.
Number of meals cooked per week in selected European countries from 2019 to 2021
Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Survey time period
2021
Number of respondents
More than 1,000 respondents per country
Age group
18 years and older
Special properties
Module of the Gallup World Poll
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
For more survey information, see the website of the Gallup World Poll.
*The average European figure combines data from nearly all European countries. The statistic has made a selected of 10 populous European countries for clarity purposes.
**The source split up the category "Europe" into "Northern, Southern, Western Europe" and "Eastern Europe" in 2021.
The figures have been taken from several publications.
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Cookpad. (October 12, 2022). Number of meals cooked per week in selected European countries from 2019 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308293/meals-cooked-weekly-in-europe/
Cookpad. "Number of meals cooked per week in selected European countries from 2019 to 2021." Chart. October 12, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308293/meals-cooked-weekly-in-europe/
Cookpad. (2022). Number of meals cooked per week in selected European countries from 2019 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308293/meals-cooked-weekly-in-europe/
Cookpad. "Number of Meals Cooked per Week in Selected European Countries from 2019 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308293/meals-cooked-weekly-in-europe/
Cookpad, Number of meals cooked per week in selected European countries from 2019 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308293/meals-cooked-weekly-in-europe/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of meals cooked per week in selected European countries from 2019 to 2021 [Graph], Cookpad, October 12, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308293/meals-cooked-weekly-in-europe/
