EPA, Alvaro Cabrera

The highest proportions of people unable to afford a week’s annual holiday were recorded in Romania (58.6%), Greece (46.0%) and Bulgaria (41.4%).

By contrast, 8.9% of people in Luxembourg, 11.6% in Sweden and 13.0% in the Netherlands reported being unable to afford 1-week holiday away from home in 2024.

Latvians were in the middle, with 29% saying they could not afford a week-long vacation.

Source dataset: ilc_mdes02