People unable to face unexpected expenses
Share of the population living in households that cannot pay an unexpected but necessary expense from their own resources (EU-SILC, all household types and incomes). The amount is set for each country, close to the monthly at-risk-of-poverty threshold.
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.
Key facts
- People unable to face unexpected expenses in the European Union (27) was 29.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Greece had the highest people unable to face unexpected expenses of 27 EU countries in 2025, at 50.5%, and The Netherlands the lowest, at 15.3%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 28 places, with figures from 2003 to 2025.
Rankings
EU countries by people unable to face unexpected expenses, 2025
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Finland
- Croatia
- Denmark
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest people unable to face unexpected expenses? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"unable_to_face_unexpected_expenses_share","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=unable_to_face_unexpected_expenses_share&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)