How the numbers were computed

For the story Who cannot afford a week's holiday in the EU.

Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.

The ranking

Ranks

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Bulgaria and Hungary, at 39.1% each, are both 3rd, and Italy is 5th.

27 values, one per country ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania

50.8 percentage points

Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 61.4 − 10.6 = 50.8. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

61.4: Romania, 2025 ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.RO@2025 · request r1
10.6 (flag b): Luxembourg, 2025 ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.LU@2025 · request r1

27 / 27

EU countries with a value for 2025: all 27 of the 27 EU member states.

27 values, one per country ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania

Above and below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold

Ranks, above the threshold

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. There are no ties in this ranking.

27 values, one per country ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r3 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania

47.6 percentage points

Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 55.0 − 7.4 = 47.6. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

55.0: Romania, 2025 ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.RO@2025 · request r3
7.4 (flag b): Luxembourg, 2025 ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.LU@2025 · request r3

Ranks, at risk of poverty

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Germany and Poland, at 49.8% each, are both 17th, and Ireland is 19th.

27 values, one per country ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.B_60.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r2 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania

60.9 percentage points

Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 89.8 − 28.9 = 60.9. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

89.8: Romania, 2025 ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.B_60.PC.RO@2025 · request r2
28.9: Denmark, 2025 ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.B_60.PC.DK@2025 · request r2

Differences, at risk of poverty − above the threshold

Per country and for the EU, at risk of poverty minus above the threshold. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.B_60.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r2 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania
28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r3 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania

Household types

Values, household types

The values as Eurostat publishes them, one per country and group and for the EU, shown rounded to 1 decimal.

28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r1 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania
28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mdes02:A.A1_LT65.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r4 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania
28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mdes02:A.A1_GE65.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r4 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania
28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mdes02:A.A1_DCH.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r4 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania
28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mdes02:A.A2_DCH_GE3.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r4 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania
28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mdes02:A.A2.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r4 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania

Ranks, everyone

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Bulgaria and Hungary, at 39.1% each, are both 3rd, and Italy is 5th.

27 values, one per country ilc_mdes02:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1 · flag b: Luxembourg · flag p: Lithuania