# EU countries by people who cannot afford a week of holiday, 2025

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unable_to_afford_holiday_share`
- 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).
- 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
- 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/rankings/cannot-afford-holiday/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Romania | 61.4 |
| 2 | Greece | 46.6 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 39.1 |
| 3 | Hungary | 39.1 |
| 5 | Italy | 35.7 |
| 6 | Portugal | 33.1 |
| 7 | Croatia | 32.6 |
| 8 | Spain | 32.2 |
| 9 | Lithuania | 30.9 |
| 10 | Slovakia | 29.1 |
| 11 | Latvia | 28.9 |
| 12 | Cyprus | 27.6 |
| 12 | Malta | 27.6 |
| 14 | Estonia | 25.8 |
| 15 | Poland | 24.5 |
| 16 | France | 23.2 |
| 17 | Germany | 20.9 |
| 18 | Ireland | 20.5 |
| 19 | Belgium | 19.5 |
| 20 | Czechia | 19 |
| 21 | Austria | 17.8 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 15.2 |
| 23 | Finland | 14.8 |
| 24 | Denmark | 14.1 |
| 25 | Netherlands | 12.8 |
| 26 | Sweden | 12.4 |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 10.6 |