The Netherlands has been named as the country with the most nutritious, abundant and healthy food, according to a new study from Oxfam. It ranked countries on the availability, quality and affordability of food, as well as looking at whether citizens had access to clean water and fresh food.
“The Netherlands have created a good market that enables people to get enough to eat. Prices are relatively low and stable and the type of food people are eating is balanced,” Deborah Hardoon, senior researcher at Oxfam told Reuters. “They’ve got the fundamentals right and in a way that is better than most other countries all over the world.”
European countries dominated the top ten, with France and Switzerland tying for second place and Denmark, Sweden, Austria and Belgium coming fourth. Only one non-European country – Australia – made the top flight, coming equal eighth with Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Luxembourg.
The US weighed in at 21, due to the high rates of obesity and diabetes in the country caused by the abundance of unhealthy food, the report said. Ethiopia, Angola and Chad were the worst ranked countries.
