Children living in households with very low work intensity by educational attainment level of their parents (population aged 0 to 17 years) by country

Countries reporting
31
Highest
60
Slovakia
Lowest
0
Switzerland
Median
23.7
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
340

What the numbers show

Children living in households with very low work intensity by educational attainment level of their parents (population aged 0 to 17 years) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 60 in Slovakia; the lowest is 0 in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 23.7, and the mean is 29.16.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Netherlands (up 1,271.0%), and the largest decrease in Switzerland (down 100.0%).

Children living in households with very low work intensity by: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Slovakia 60 2025 down 7.3% falling
2 Ireland 58.7 2021 up 31.0% rising
3 Finland 56.1 2020 up 2.0% flat
4 Czechia 55.9 2025 down 13.5% falling
5 Belgium 53.8 2025 up 37.6% rising
6 Bulgaria 47.2 2025 up 9.5% falling
7 Germany 44.6 2025 down 21.6% falling
8 Netherlands 42.5 2025 up 1,271.0% rising
9 Serbia 40.6 2025 down 9.0% falling
10 Sweden 40 2025 down 32.8% falling
11 Latvia 33.3 2025 up 40.5% rising
12 Denmark 32.2 2021 down 19.3% rising
13 Norway 31 2024 down 22.7% falling
14 Croatia 27.2 2025 down 61.1% falling
15 Austria 25.5 2025 up 15.4% falling
16 France 23.7 2025 up 16.7% rising
17 Slovenia 21.4 2025 up 8.6% rising
18 Spain 20.7 2025 down 13.8% falling
19 North Macedonia 20.1 2024 down 49.0% falling
20 Estonia 19.7 2025 down 1.5% rising
21 Romania 19.2 2025 down 12.7% rising
22 Poland 18.4 2025 down 8.0% rising
23 Cyprus 17.5 2025 down 54.2% falling
24 Malta 17.1 2025 down 15.3% falling
25 Italy 16.2 2025 down 16.5% falling
26 Luxembourg 15.4 2025 up 129.9% volatile
27 Iceland 14.2 2020 down 21.5% rising
28 Hungary 13.6 2025 down 67.0% falling
29 Portugal 12.3 2025 down 15.2% rising
30 Greece 5.9 2025 down 76.9% falling
31 Switzerland 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Children living in households with very low work intensity by educational attainment level of their parents (population aged 0 to 17 years)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
34 places, 340 data points, 2014–2025
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