EU 7.35
· European ranking
23 / 34
Up 4 positions compared with previous year
Switzerland: Jobless Households
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
5.20% of people aged 0 to 64
EU 7.35 · -2.2 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) ilc_lvhl21n
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Regional map
· 2024 · 7 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+148.08
12.90
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2+51.92
7.90
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3-3.85
5.00
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4-9.62
4.70
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5-17.31
4.30
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6-42.31
3.00
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6-42.31
3.00
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Switzerland 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. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Low work intensity is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 5.2% versus 7.4% in 2024, with a gap of 2.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Switzerland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 6.20% in 2019 to 5.20% in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 5.00% in 2023, so the recent reading remains stable.
Regional differences in Switzerland
In Switzerland, regional differences in Low work intensity are pronounced. Across 7 comparable regions, Ticino records the highest value (12.9%) and Northwestern Switzerland the lowest (3%), a gap of 9.9 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Switzerland, the evidence for Employment & Economic Security leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.