Based on a comparison of 33 countries in 2016, Malta ranked the highest in Households making ends meet fairly easily with 40.7% followed by Germany and Luxembourg. On the other end of the scale was Serbia with 3.90%, Bulgaria with 7.30% and Croatia with 8.20%.
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Country | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Austria | % | 28.1 | 28.8 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 30.4 | |||||||||
Belgium | % | 26.8 | 26.5 | 26.2 | 26.8 | 25.7 | |||||||||
Bulgaria | % | ... | ... | 5.70 | 6.10 | 5.50 | 6.50 | 6.30 | |||||||
Croatia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.00 | 9.20 | 8.20 | 6.80 | 6.80 | ||
Cyprus | % | ... | ... | 14.6 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 11.2 | 11.2 | ... | ||||||
Czech Republic | % | ... | ... | 24.3 | 24.5 | 24.0 | 21.8 | 24.1 | |||||||
Denmark | % | 28.5 | 26.2 | 29.7 | 29.4 | 29.4 | |||||||||
Estonia | % | ... | 25.0 | 24.2 | 23.5 | 23.2 | 26.3 | ||||||||
European Union | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.3 | 25.7 | 25.0 | 25.3 | ... | |
Finland | % | ... | 35.0 | 35.6 | 33.2 | 34.5 | 37.1 | ||||||||
France | % | ... | 26.8 | 26.1 | 26.6 | 26.5 | 25.1 | ||||||||
Germany | % | ... | ... | 42.6 | 43.5 | 42.4 | 41.0 | 40.6 | |||||||
Hungary | % | ... | ... | 8.00 | 8.00 | 9.20 | 9.90 | 11.1 | |||||||
Iceland | % | ... | 30.0 | 29.2 | 30.1 | 29.0 | 31.8 | ... | |||||||
Ireland | % | 22.9 | 20.5 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 18.4 | ... | ||||||||
Italy | % | ... | 18.7 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 16.8 | 18.3 | ||||||||
Latvia | % | ... | ... | 12.4 | 10.5 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 13.8 | |||||||
Lithuania | % | ... | ... | 9.70 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 13.2 | 14.1 | |||||||
Luxembourg | % | 31.7 | 31.2 | 31.5 | 32.8 | 32.1 | ... | ||||||||
Macedonia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.00 | 7.70 | 7.30 | 7.40 | 7.20 | ... | |
Malta | % | ... | ... | 17.2 | 25.5 | 23.6 | 27.4 | 29.4 | |||||||
Netherlands | % | ... | ... | 14.3 | 12.0 | 14.6 | 14.2 | 15.3 | |||||||
Norway | % | 34.9 | 34.5 | 30.1 | 31.8 | 33.1 | |||||||||
Poland | % | ... | ... | 21.0 | 22.4 | 21.1 | 22.3 | 23.7 | |||||||
Portugal | % | ... | 17.0 | 19.6 | 17.7 | 14.7 | 15.7 | ||||||||
Romania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.50 | 8.40 | 8.30 | 9.20 | 10.0 | |||||
Serbia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.60 | 3.70 | ... | |
Slovakia | % | ... | ... | 21.2 | 20.6 | 19.9 | 18.6 | 20.5 | |||||||
Slovenia | % | ... | ... | 21.6 | 20.5 | 21.6 | 18.8 | 20.7 | |||||||
Spain | % | ... | 23.7 | 28.0 | 26.2 | 22.6 | 23.2 | ||||||||
Sweden | % | ... | 41.8 | 39.6 | 41.7 | 39.9 | 37.9 | ||||||||
Switzerland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.2 | 27.6 | 25.6 | 29.1 | 27.8 | ... | ||||
Turkey | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.9 | 9.80 | 10.0 | 16.6 | ... | ... | ||||
United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | 33.7 | 33.2 | 31.1 | 31.7 | 31.9 |