People living in households with very low work intensity by educational attainment level (population aged 18 to 64 years) by country

Countries reporting
32
Highest
14.2
Finland
Lowest
2.5
Malta
Median
6.55
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
383

What the numbers show

People living in households with very low work intensity by educational attainment level (population aged 18 to 64 years) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 14.2 in Finland; the lowest is 2.5 in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.55, and the mean is 6.86.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 170.6%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 71.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Finland 14.2 2025 up 10.1% rising
2 Lithuania 13.8 2025 up 170.6% rising
3 Denmark 11.2 2025 down 16.4% falling
4 Belgium 10.7 2025 down 24.6% falling
5 North Macedonia 10.5 2024 down 42.9% falling
6 Germany 9.9 2025 up 45.6% rising
7 Norway 9.5 2025 unchanged falling
8 France 9.2 2025 down 10.7% falling
9 Romania 8.6 2025 up 28.4% falling
10 Netherlands 8.2 2025 down 43.8% falling
11 Italy 8.1 2025 down 35.2% falling
12 Luxembourg 7.8 2025 up 14.7% falling
13 Austria 7.4 2025 up 42.3% flat
14 Sweden 7.3 2025 down 3.9% rising
15 Greece 7.2 2025 down 66.7% falling
16 Bulgaria 6.6 2025 down 52.9% falling
17 Spain 6.5 2025 down 66.5% falling
18 Ireland 6.3 2025 down 69.0% falling
19 Estonia 5.7 2025 down 12.3% flat
20 Serbia 5.6 2025 down 71.9% falling
21 Latvia 5.3 2025 down 23.2% falling
22 Portugal 5.1 2025 down 51.4% falling
23 Hungary 4.2 2025 down 48.1% falling
24 Poland 3.9 2025 down 30.4% falling
24 Iceland 3.9 2020 down 31.6% falling
26 Cyprus 3.7 2025 down 66.4% falling
26 Czechia 3.7 2025 down 30.2% falling
28 Croatia 3.6 2025 down 67.3% falling
29 Switzerland 3.3 2024 down 10.8% rising
30 Slovakia 3.2 2025 down 52.2% falling
31 Slovenia 2.8 2025 down 58.2% falling
32 Malta 2.5 2025 down 64.8% falling

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
People living in households with very low work intensity by educational attainment level (population aged 18 to 64 years)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
36 places, 383 data points, 2014–2025
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