# EU countries by people unable to face unexpected expenses, 2025

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

- Indicator id: `unable_to_face_unexpected_expenses_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, total population, all household types and incomes (ilc_mdes04) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_mdes04/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, total population, all household types and incomes (ilc_mdes04). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_mdes04/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unable-to-face-unexpected-expenses/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Greece | 50.5 |
| 2 | Latvia | 43.7 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 42.4 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 41.1 |
| 5 | Romania | 37.8 |
| 6 | Spain | 36.4 |
| 7 | Estonia | 36 |
| 8 | Cyprus | 32 |
| 9 | Germany | 31.9 |
| 10 | Croatia | 31.2 |
| 11 | Ireland | 30.6 |
| 12 | Hungary | 30.5 |
| 13 | Portugal | 29.2 |
| 14 | France | 28.8 |
| 15 | Finland | 28 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 26 |
| 17 | Italy | 25.6 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 23.9 |
| 19 | Sweden | 23 |
| 20 | Poland | 22.5 |
| 21 | Belgium | 22.1 |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 21.8 |
| 23 | Austria | 20.9 |
| 24 | Denmark | 20.1 |
| 25 | Czechia | 18.7 |
| 25 | Malta | 18.7 |
| 27 | Netherlands | 15.3 |