Persons who cannot afford to replace worn-out clothes by some new (not second-hand) ones by employment status and income quintile by country

Countries reporting
38
Highest
19.8
Bulgaria
Lowest
2.1
Czechia
Median
6.3
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
471

What the numbers show

Persons who cannot afford to replace worn-out clothes by some new (not second-hand) ones by employment status and income quintile is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 19.8 in Bulgaria; the lowest is 2.1 in Czechia.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.3, and the mean is 7.17.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 266.7%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 83.8%).

Persons who cannot afford to replace worn-out clothes by some new: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bulgaria 19.8 2025 down 50.0% falling
2 Romania 19.6 2025 down 35.3% falling
2 Albania 19.6 2023 down 47.0% falling
4 Hungary 9.7 2025 down 62.3% falling
5 Türkiye 9.6 2025 up 2.1% rising
6 France 9.5 2025 up 13.1% rising
7 Montenegro 9.4 2023 down 77.4% falling
8 Denmark 8.7 2025 up 17.6% rising
8 Finland 8.7 2025 up 135.1% rising
10 Latvia 8.6 2025 down 67.4% falling
11 Spain 8.4 2025 up 52.7% rising
12 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 8 2019 down 30.4% falling
13 Norway 7.4 2025 up 124.2% rising
14 North Macedonia 7.1 2024 down 65.7% falling
15 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 7 2021 down 24.7% falling
16 Greece 6.6 2025 up 266.7% rising
16 United Kingdom 6.6 2018 falling
18 Germany 6.5 2025 up 27.5% rising
19 Belgium 6.3 2025 down 16.0% falling
19 Slovakia 6.3 2025 down 41.7% falling
21 Lithuania 6.2 2025 down 72.4% falling
22 Estonia 5.9 2025 down 23.4% falling
23 Iceland 5.8 2020 down 12.1% falling
24 Ireland 5.5 2025 down 42.7% falling
24 Portugal 5.5 2025 down 65.2% falling
26 Sweden 5.4 2025 up 170.0% rising
27 Netherlands 5.3 2025 down 11.7% falling
28 Italy 5.1 2025 down 66.0% falling
29 Serbia 4.4 2025 down 83.8% falling
30 Austria 4.2 2025 up 5.0% flat
31 Malta 4 2025 down 33.3% falling
31 Switzerland 4 2024 down 4.8% falling
33 Luxembourg 3.8 2025 down 20.8% falling
34 Poland 3.7 2025 down 64.1% falling
35 Cyprus 3.3 2025 down 75.2% volatile
36 Slovenia 2.7 2025 down 46.0% falling
37 Croatia 2.2 2025 down 83.5% volatile
38 Czechia 2.1 2025 down 66.1% falling

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Indicator
Persons who cannot afford to replace worn-out clothes by some new (not second-hand) ones by employment status and income quintile
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
44 places, 471 data points, 2014–2025
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