In 2024, 27.0% of the EU’s population aged 16 or older were unable to afford 1 week of annual holidays away from home.

This share dropped by 1.5 percentage points compared with 2023, and is significantly lower (by 10.6 percentage points) than a decade ago, in 2014.

The highest proportions of people unable to afford a week’s annual holiday were recorded in Romania (58.6%), Greece (46.0%) and Bulgaria (41.4%).

By contrast, 8.9% of people in Luxembourg, 11.6% in Sweden and 13.0% in the Netherlands reported being unable to afford 1-week holiday away from home in 2024. (Eurostat)