Persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020): Persons living in households with very low work intensity by income was 8.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
8.2%
Change on year
down 1.2%
Rank
6th
of 6 regions
All-time high
11.1%
in 2014
All-time low
8.2%
in 2025
Years of data
16
2010–2025
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2010–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) recorded 8.2% for persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) peaked at 11.1% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 2025.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9.9% | — |
| 2011 | 10.4% | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 10.2% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 10.7% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 11.1% | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 10.5% | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 10.4% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 9.5% | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 8.8% | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 8.3% | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 8.7% | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 9.4% | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 8.6% | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 8.3% | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 8.3% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 8.2% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.0% | 8.3% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.6% | 8.2% | 9.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
More economy & growth data for European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
- Gross domestic product (GDP) and Gross value added (GVA) in volume by 112.4 Index, 2020=100 (2024)
- Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 2 region 18.02 million Million euro (2024)
- Average annual population to calculate regional GDP data (thousand) 451,029 Thousand (2024)
- Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 3 region 18.02 million Million euro (2024)
- Gross value added at basic prices by NUTS 3 region 16.20 million Current prices, million euro (2024)
- Agricultural land prices by region 15,224 Euro per hectare (2024)
- Agricultural land renting prices for one year by region 295 Euro per hectare (2024)
- Farms and hectares by crops, utilised agricultural area, economic 155.11 million Hectare (2020)
- Irrigation of agricultural holdings by utilised agricultural area 155.11 million Hectare (2020)
- Gross value added and income by main industry (NACE Rev.2 ) 111.34 Chain linked volumes, index 2020=100 (2026)
Frequently asked questions
- What is persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)?
- Persons living in households with very low work intensity by income in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) was 8.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest persons living in households with very low work intensity by income recorded in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.1% in 2014.
- What is the lowest persons living in households with very low work intensity by income recorded in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 2025.
- How does European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) rank for persons living in households with very low work intensity by income?
- European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) ranks 6th out of 6 regions with data for 2025.
- Is persons living in households with very low work intensity by income rising or falling in European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Persons living in households with very low work intensity by income quantile and household composition (population aged 0 to 59 years) - EU 2020 strategy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).