Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week on themselves by employment status and income quintile by country
Countries reporting
47
Highest
36.0%
Albania
Lowest
1.7%
Cyprus
Median
9.5%
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
572
What the numbers show
Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week on themselves by employment status and income quintile is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 36.0% in Albania; the lowest is 1.7% in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.5%, and the mean is 10.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Finland (up 780.0%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 79.7%).
Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 36.0% | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 2 | Greece | 34.2% | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 3 | Romania | 20.6% | 2025 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 18.3% | 2025 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 5 | North Macedonia | 15.3% | 2024 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 6 | Spain | 15.1% | 2025 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 7 | Montenegro | 13.8% | 2023 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 8 | European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) | 12.2% | 2019 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 9 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.0% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 11.0% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 11 | Lithuania | 10.9% | 2025 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 11 | Lithuania | 10.9% | 2025 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 13 | France | 10.8% | 2025 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 14 | Sweden | 10.7% | 2025 | up 87.7% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands | 10.5% | 2025 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 15 | Netherlands | 10.5% | 2025 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 17 | Hungary | 10.4% | 2025 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 18 | Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) | 10.3% | 2021 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 19 | Latvia | 10.2% | 2025 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 19 | Belgium | 10.2% | 2025 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 19 | Latvia | 10.2% | 2025 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 22 | Denmark | 10.1% | 2025 | up 23.2% | flat |
| 23 | Malta | 10.0% | 2025 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 24 | Germany | 9.5% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 25 | Portugal | 9.0% | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 26 | Slovakia | 8.8% | 2025 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 26 | Slovakia | 8.8% | 2025 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 26 | Finland | 8.8% | 2025 | up 780.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Serbia | 7.9% | 2025 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 7.6% | 2025 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 30 | Estonia | 7.6% | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 30 | Switzerland | 7.6% | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 30 | Estonia | 7.6% | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 34 | Ireland | 7.0% | 2025 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 35 | Poland | 6.8% | 2025 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 35 | Poland | 6.8% | 2025 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 35 | Italy | 6.8% | 2025 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 38 | Türkiye | 6.5% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 39 | Austria | 5.5% | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 40 | Slovenia | 5.2% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 40 | Slovenia | 5.2% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 42 | Iceland | 5.1% | 2020 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 43 | Czechia | 4.6% | 2025 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 43 | Norway | 4.6% | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 45 | Croatia | 4.1% | 2025 | down 79.7% | falling |
| 45 | Croatia | 4.1% | 2025 | down 79.7% | falling |
| 47 | Cyprus | 1.7% | 2025 | down 69.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.