29 European countries compared for 2025, eu average 5.5 %. Eurostat data.
Across 29 countries, the highest value is in Hungary (18.3 %) and the lowest in Finland (-2.3 %).
Half of the countries are above 5.7 % and half below.
The EU average is 5.5 %; 16 of 29 countries are above it.
For the EU as a whole, the value fell from 9.9 % in 2006 to 5.5 % in 2025.
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| 1 | Hungary | 18.3 | |
| 2 | Portugal | 17.6 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 14.6 | |
| 4 | Croatia | 13.9 | |
| 5 | Spain | 12.7 | |
| 6 | Slovakia | 12.4 | |
| 7 | Czechia | 10.4 | |
| 8 | Lithuania | 9.8 | |
| 9 | Netherlands | 8.5 | |
| 10 | Latvia | 7.6 | |
| 11 | Denmark | 7.5 | |
| 12 | Ireland | 7.5 | |
| 13 | Slovenia | 7.3 | |
| 14 | Malta | 6.0 | |
| 15 | Norway non-EU | 5.7 | |
| 16 | Romania | 5.7 | |
| 17 | Estonia | 5.2 | |
| 18 | Iceland non-EU | 5.1 | |
| 19 | Poland | 4.9 | |
| 20 | Switzerland non-EU | 4.6 | |
| 21 | Cyprus | 4.5 | |
| 22 | Italy | 4.0 | |
| 23 | Belgium | 3.2 | |
| 24 | Germany | 3.2 | |
| 25 | Austria | 2.6 | |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 1.6 | |
| 27 | Sweden | 1.0 | |
| 28 | France | 0.7 | |
| 29 | Finland | -2.3 |
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