# People who cannot afford a week of holiday in France

People who cannot afford a week of holiday in France was 23.2% in 2025. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `unable_to_afford_holiday_share`
- Place id: `fr`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Share of the population living in households that cannot afford to pay for one week of annual holiday away from home (EU-SILC, all household types and incomes).
- Note: EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). The reference year is the survey year. Self-reported by households; a share of people, not of households.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Inability to afford paying for one week annual holiday away from home, total population, all household types and incomes (ilc_mdes02) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_mdes02/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Inability to afford paying for one week annual holiday away from home, total population, all household types and incomes (ilc_mdes02). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_mdes02/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/cannot-afford-holiday/france
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=unable_to_afford_holiday_share&place=fr

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 23.2 |
| 2024 | 22 |
| 2023 | 25.1 |
| 2022 | 25.4 (break) |
| 2021 | 21.2 |
| 2020 | 22.3 (break) |
| 2019 | 22.2 |
| 2018 | 22.6 |
| 2017 | 23.1 |
| 2016 | 23.4 |
| 2015 | 24 |
| 2014 | 24.9 |
| 2013 | 27.7 |
| 2012 | 27.8 |
| 2011 | 27.7 |
| 2010 | 28.7 |
| 2009 | 30.9 |
| 2008 | 32 |
| 2007 | 29.9 |
| 2006 | 31.4 |
| 2005 | 31.3 |
| 2004 | 33.4 |