Inability to face unexpected financial expenses by country

Countries reporting
38
Highest
50.5%
Greece
Lowest
15.3%
Netherlands
Median
29.6%
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
820

What the numbers show

Inability to face unexpected financial expenses is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 50.5% in Greece; the lowest is 15.3% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 29.6%, and the mean is 30.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 35.1%), and the largest decrease in Hungary (down 57.8%).

Inability to face unexpected financial expenses: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 50.5% 2025 down 5.4% rising
2 Montenegro 49.3% 2023 down 32.7% falling
3 North Macedonia 45.8% 2024 down 24.9% falling
4 Latvia 43.7% 2025 down 27.6% falling
5 Bulgaria 42.4% 2025 down 20.6% falling
6 Lithuania 41.1% 2025 down 22.7% falling
7 Romania 37.8% 2025 down 26.5% falling
8 Albania 36.9% 2023 down 30.4% falling
9 Spain 36.4% 2025 down 8.5% flat
10 Serbia 36.1% 2025 down 23.7% falling
11 Estonia 36.0% 2025 down 1.9% rising
12 United Kingdom 34.6% 2018 up 21.0% rising
13 Cyprus 32.0% 2025 down 47.1% falling
14 Germany 31.9% 2025 up 4.9% falling
15 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 31.3% 2019 down 17.8% falling
16 Croatia 31.2% 2025 down 47.8% falling
17 Ireland 30.6% 2025 down 39.0% flat
18 Hungary 30.5% 2025 down 57.8% falling
19 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 30.1% 2021 down 12.2% falling
20 Portugal 29.2% 2025 down 28.3% rising
21 France 28.8% 2025 down 12.2% falling
22 Finland 28.0% 2025 down 1.4% falling
23 Slovakia 26.0% 2025 down 29.2% falling
24 Italy 25.6% 2025 down 35.8% flat
25 Türkiye 25.1% 2025 down 23.0% falling
26 Slovenia 23.9% 2025 down 44.3% falling
27 Sweden 23.0% 2025 up 16.2% rising
28 Norway 22.7% 2025 up 35.1% rising
29 Poland 22.5% 2025 down 46.8% falling
30 Iceland 22.4% 2020 down 32.9% falling
31 Belgium 22.1% 2025 down 14.0% falling
32 Luxembourg 21.8% 2025 down 5.2% rising
33 Austria 20.9% 2025 down 7.5% falling
34 Denmark 20.1% 2025 down 24.2% rising
35 Switzerland 20.0% 2024 down 6.1% falling
36 Malta 18.7% 2025 down 12.6% falling
36 Czechia 18.7% 2025 down 48.1% falling
38 Netherlands 15.3% 2025 down 33.2% falling

About this data

Indicator
Inability to face unexpected financial expenses
Unit
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
44 places, 820 data points, 2003–2025
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