EU 29.09
· European ranking
30 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Netherlands: Financial Vulnerability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
15.30% of people
EU 29.09 · -13.8 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
Netherlands performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Netherlands
In Netherlands, Unexpected expenses stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 15.3% versus 29.1% in 2025, a large gap of 13.8 percentage points.
Recent trend
In the Netherlands, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 19.10% in 2020 to 15.30% in 2025. The latest step, from 16.90% in 2024 to 15.30% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Netherlands, 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 deterioration and warrant monitoring.