Persons who cannot afford to regularly participate in a leisure activity by employment status and income quintile by country

Countries reporting
37
Highest
55
Albania
Lowest
3.9
Croatia
Median
10.4
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
469

What the numbers show

Persons who cannot afford to regularly participate in a leisure activity by employment status and income quintile is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 55 in Albania; the lowest is 3.9 in Croatia.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.4, and the mean is 12.08.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 192.6%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 66.4%).

Persons who cannot afford to regularly participate in a leisure: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 55 2023 down 25.4% falling
2 Greece 27.3 2025 up 2.6% flat
3 Romania 23.2 2025 down 54.9% falling
4 Lithuania 17.8 2025 down 34.3% falling
5 Latvia 16.2 2025 down 5.8% falling
6 North Macedonia 16 2024 down 51.1% falling
7 Hungary 15.8 2025 down 45.5% falling
8 Bulgaria 15.7 2024 down 58.1% falling
9 Montenegro 14.1 2022 down 61.3% falling
10 France 13.8 2025 up 10.4% rising
11 Spain 13.4 2025 down 10.1% falling
12 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 12.5 2019 down 29.8% falling
13 Switzerland 12.4 2024 up 55.0% rising
14 Germany 11.7 2025 up 2.6% rising
15 Malta 11.5 2025 down 28.6% falling
16 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 11.2 2021 down 29.6% falling
17 Estonia 10.7 2025 up 94.5% rising
18 Italy 10.6 2025 down 43.3% falling
19 Denmark 10.4 2025 up 25.3% rising
20 Belgium 9.6 2025 down 22.6% falling
20 Serbia 9.6 2025 down 66.4% falling
22 Austria 9.5 2025 down 6.9% falling
22 Sweden 9.5 2025 up 75.9% rising
24 Slovenia 9.3 2025 down 51.8% falling
25 Ireland 9.2 2025 down 44.6% falling
26 Portugal 8.7 2025 down 44.9% falling
27 Finland 7.9 2025 up 192.6% rising
28 Poland 6.9 2025 down 62.7% falling
29 Netherlands 6.7 2025 down 36.2% falling
30 Cyprus 6.2 2025 down 58.4% falling
31 Norway 5.7 2025 up 67.6% rising
32 Slovakia 5.6 2025 down 44.6% falling
33 Luxembourg 5.3 2025 up 43.2% rising
34 United Kingdom 5.2 2018 falling
35 Iceland 4.6 2020 down 50.0% falling
36 Czechia 4.1 2025 down 28.1% falling
37 Croatia 3.9 2025 down 26.4% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Persons who cannot afford to regularly participate in a leisure activity by employment status and income quintile
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
44 places, 469 data points, 2014–2025
Last refreshed