European ranking
29 / 32
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
Switzerland: Inability to face unexpected financial expenses
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Switzerland
Current reading for Inability to face unexpected financial expenses in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Inability to face unexpected financial expenses
Latest value
20.00 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
-10.4 puntos
Switzerland is 10.4 points below the European average.
EU: 30.40
Affected population
≈ 1.79 million people affected
Year: 2024
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Indicator: Inability to face unexpected financial expenses
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At a glance
Switzerland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Unexpected expenses stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 20.0% versus 30.4% in 2024, a large gap of 10.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Switzerland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 20.30% in 2019 to 20.00% in 2024. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 18.80% in 2023 to 20.00% in 2024, departs from that stability with a deterioration.
Regional differences in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Unexpected expenses shows noticeable regional variation. Across 7 comparable regions, Lake Geneva Region records the highest value (31.7%) and Central Switzerland the lowest (12.9%), a gap of 18.8 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Switzerland, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.