# EU countries by people living in households with very low work intensity, 2025

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

- Indicator id: `very_low_work_intensity_share`
- 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.
- 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
- 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/rankings/very-low-work-intensity-share/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lithuania | 11.4 |
| 2 | Belgium | 11 |
| 3 | Finland | 10.7 |
| 4 | Germany | 10.3 |
| 5 | Denmark | 9.7 |
| 6 | France | 8.9 |
| 7 | Ireland | 8.8 |
| 8 | Italy | 8.2 |
| 9 | Spain | 8 |
| 9 | Sweden | 8 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 7.8 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 7.7 |
| 13 | Austria | 6.9 |
| 14 | Latvia | 6.6 |
| 15 | Greece | 6.5 |
| 16 | Estonia | 6.4 |
| 17 | Romania | 5.6 |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 5.5 |
| 19 | Czechia | 4.9 |
| 19 | Portugal | 4.9 |
| 21 | Cyprus | 4.2 |
| 21 | Malta | 4.2 |
| 23 | Hungary | 4.1 |
| 23 | Poland | 4.1 |
| 25 | Croatia | 4 |
| 25 | Slovakia | 4 |
| 27 | Slovenia | 3.8 |