Overview

• Germany’s inability rate dropped from 23.3 percent in 2023 to 21 percent in 2024, placing it below the European Union average of 27 percent.
• State figures span from a low of 14.2 percent in Bavaria to a high of 34.2 percent in Bremen, with several regions also exceeding the national rate.
• Single-parent households in Rheinland-Pfalz faced the steepest challenges, with 55.7 percent unable to finance a weeklong trip.
• In Schleswig-Holstein more than one in four single-person households reported they could not afford a one-week vacation.
• The results stem from the 2024 German Mikrozensus, which incorporates an EU-wide deprivation question on holiday affordability.