Persons living in households with very low work intensity by NUTS 2 region (population aged 0 to 64 years) by country
Countries reporting
34
Highest
17.9
Montenegro
Lowest
3.7
Iceland
Median
6.75
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
2,966
What the numbers show
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by NUTS 2 region (population aged 0 to 64 years) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 17.9 in Montenegro; the lowest is 3.7 in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.75, and the mean is 7.28.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 27.0%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 67.8%).
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by NUTS 2: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montenegro | 17.9 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 2 | Lithuania | 11.4 | 2025 | up 25.3% | flat |
| 3 | Belgium | 11 | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 4 | Finland | 10.7 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 5 | North Macedonia | 10.5 | 2024 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 6 | Germany | 10.3 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 7 | Denmark | 9.7 | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 8 | Norway | 9.4 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 9 | France | 8.9 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 10 | Ireland | 8.8 | 2025 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 11 | Albania | 8.2 | 2024 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 11 | Italy | 8.2 | 2025 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 13 | Spain | 8 | 2025 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 13 | Sweden | 8 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 15 | Netherlands | 7.8 | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 7.7 | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 17 | Austria | 6.9 | 2025 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 18 | Latvia | 6.6 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 19 | Greece | 6.5 | 2025 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 19 | Serbia | 6.5 | 2025 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 21 | Estonia | 6.4 | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 22 | Romania | 5.6 | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 5.5 | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 24 | Switzerland | 5.2 | 2024 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 25 | Czechia | 4.9 | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 25 | Portugal | 4.9 | 2025 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 27 | Cyprus | 4.2 | 2025 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 27 | Malta | 4.2 | 2025 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 29 | Hungary | 4.1 | 2025 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 29 | Poland | 4.1 | 2025 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 31 | Croatia | 4 | 2025 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 31 | Slovakia | 4 | 2025 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 33 | Slovenia | 3.8 | 2025 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 34 | Iceland | 3.7 | 2022 | down 28.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Ciudad de Ceuta 27.5
- Ciudad de Melilla 23.9
- Bremen 22.7
- Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 22.1
- Campania 20.3
- Prov. Hainaut 18.6
- Crna Gora 17.9
- Sicilia 17.1
- Isole 16.5
- Calabria 16.4
- Veri 16.3
- Sud 15.8
- Prov. Liège 14.7
- Région wallonne 14.6
- Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas 14.4
- Sardegna 14.3
- Severozapaden 13.9
- Molise 13.5
- Weser-Ems 13.4
- Wien 13.2
- Berlin 13
- Sachsen-Anhalt 13
- Puglia 13
- Ticino 12.9
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 12.9
- Hannover 12.9
- Trier 12.9
- Etelä-Suomi 12.9
- Düsseldorf 12.8
- Niedersachsen 12.5
- Köln 12.5
- Münster 12.3
- Nordrhein-Westfalen 12.1
- Agder og Sør-Østlandet 12.1
- Andalucía 12
- Sur 11.9
- Northern and Western 11.8
- Prov. Namur 11.6
- Braunschweig 11.6
- Canarias 11.6