In 2018, about 25% of the EU population aged 16 and over reported either some or severe long-standing limitations in their everyday activities due to health problems. Looking at this in more detail, 18% reported some long-standing limitations, while 7% reported severe long-standing limitations.

Across the EU, the share of people who reported some or severe long-standing limitations ranged from 12% in Malta, 13% in Sweden and 17 % in Bulgaria to 35% in Slovenia, 39% in Estonia, with the highest share in Latvia 40%.

Men were less likely than women to report long-standing limitations, either some or severe, in all of the EU Member States.

The source dataset is accessible here.

For further information, see the Statistics Explained article Functional and activity limitations statistics.

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