European ranking
27 / 30
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)
Latest value
4.10 Percent of people aged 0 to 64
European ranking
27 / 30
Compared with Europe
-3.2 puntos
Poland is 3.2 points below the European average.
EU: 7.30
Affected population
≈ 1.50 million people affected
Year: 2025
Embedded regional ranking preview with real regional values and shared semantic bars.
Indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)
Granularity: Regions
Warmińsko-Mazurskie
8.90
Świętokrzyskie
6.90
Podlaskie
5.70
Pomorskie
5.40
Lubuskie
4.90
Podkarpackie
4.70
Małopolskie
4.40
Kujawsko-Pomorskie
4.20
Śląskie
4.10
Mazowiecki regionalny
3.80
Łódzkie
3.60
Zachodniopomorskie
3.50
Dolnośląskie
3.50
Opolskie
3.40
Lubelskie
3.00
Wielkopolskie
2.90
Warszawski stołeczny
1.90
Poland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
In Poland, Low work intensity is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.1% versus 7.1% in 2025, with a gap of 3.0 percentage points.
In Poland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 4.30% in 2020 to 4.10% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 3.90% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.
In Poland, regional differences in Low work intensity are pronounced. Across 17 comparable regions, Warmińsko-Mazurskie records the highest value (8.9%) and Warszawski stołeczny the lowest (1.9%), a gap of 7 percentage points.