EU 29.09
· European ranking
25 / 30
Down 2 positions compared with previous year
Luxembourg: Financial Vulnerability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
21.80% of people
EU 29.09 · -7.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to meet an unexpected necessary financial expense from their available resources.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Inability to face unexpected financial expenses ilc_mdes04
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At a glance
Luxembourg performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, with a large gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Luxembourg
In Luxembourg, Unexpected expenses stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 21.8% versus 29.1% in 2025, a large gap of 7.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Luxembourg, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 22.50% in 2020 to 21.80% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 22.50% in 2024 to 21.80% in 2025, shows material improvement and provides a clearer recent signal.
Reading within the topic
In Luxembourg, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.