Inability to face unexpected financial expenses by level of disability (activity limitation), sex and age by country

Countries reporting
38
Highest
57.7%
Greece
Lowest
15.0%
Slovenia
Median
33.5%
Years covered
16
2010–2025
Data points
635

What the numbers show

Inability to face unexpected financial expenses by level of disability (activity limitation), sex and age is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 57.7% in Greece; the lowest is 15.0% in Slovenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 33.5%, and the mean is 32.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 21.4%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 63.1%).

Inability to face unexpected financial expenses by level of disability: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 57.7% 2025 down 4.2% rising
2 Latvia 51.1% 2025 down 18.1% falling
3 Montenegro 49.7% 2023 down 30.5% falling
4 North Macedonia 47.4% 2024 down 25.8% falling
5 United Kingdom 46.3% 2018 down 2.9% falling
6 Bulgaria 43.4% 2025 down 13.7% falling
7 Albania 40.8% 2023 down 25.1% falling
8 Spain 40.5% 2025 down 13.5% falling
9 Germany 40.3% 2025 up 21.4% rising
10 Estonia 40.1% 2025 up 5.0% falling
11 Lithuania 39.3% 2025 down 33.9% falling
12 Cyprus 39.1% 2025 down 41.5% falling
13 Finland 38.3% 2025 down 10.5% falling
14 Romania 37.6% 2025 down 32.6% falling
15 France 36.6% 2025 down 12.2% falling
16 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 36.1% 2019 down 16.8% falling
17 Hungary 35.6% 2025 down 55.4% falling
18 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 34.9% 2021 down 10.1% falling
19 Serbia 33.6% 2025 down 28.4% falling
20 Ireland 33.4% 2025 down 43.0% falling
21 Portugal 30.8% 2025 down 32.2% falling
22 Belgium 27.8% 2025 down 6.7% falling
23 Croatia 27.7% 2025 down 55.3% falling
24 Italy 26.7% 2025 down 37.8% falling
25 Sweden 25.7% 2025 up 9.8% falling
26 Türkiye 24.2% 2025 down 23.7% falling
26 Norway 24.2% 2025 down 11.0% rising
26 Poland 24.2% 2025 down 44.7% falling
29 Slovakia 23.8% 2025 down 37.0% falling
30 Switzerland 23.7% 2024 down 11.2% falling
31 Iceland 23.1% 2020 down 29.8% falling
32 Luxembourg 22.3% 2022 down 22.6% falling
33 Austria 22.0% 2025 down 17.0% falling
34 Czechia 21.9% 2025 down 47.1% falling
35 Denmark 20.4% 2025 down 41.0% falling
36 Malta 20.3% 2025 down 20.4% falling
37 Netherlands 17.6% 2025 down 36.7% falling
38 Slovenia 15.0% 2025 down 63.1% falling

About this data

Indicator
Inability to face unexpected financial expenses by level of disability (activity limitation), sex and age
Unit
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
44 places, 635 data points, 2010–2025
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