# People living in households with very low work intensity in European Union (27)

People living in households with very low work intensity in European Union (27) was 7.9% in 2025. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `very_low_work_intensity_share`
- Place id: `eu27`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged under 65 living in households where the working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined work-time potential during the previous year, as a percentage of all people aged under 65. Working-age members are those aged 18 to 64, excluding students aged 18 to 24, people who are retired or receive a pension, and inactive people aged 60 to 64 in households whose main income is pensions.
- Note: One of the three components of the at risk of poverty or social exclusion rate, in the definition used since 2021 and back-calculated to 2015. From the EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). Income refers to the previous calendar year in most countries. Eurostat flags series breaks; they are stored as status break.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Persons living in households with very low work intensity, population aged under 65 (ilc_lvhl11n) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvhl11n/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Persons living in households with very low work intensity, population aged under 65 (ilc_lvhl11n). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvhl11n/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/very-low-work-intensity-share/european-union
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=very_low_work_intensity_share&place=eu27

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 7.9 |
| 2024 | 7.9 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8.3 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2020 | 8.3 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8.5 |
| 2017 | 9.1 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2015 | 10.1 |