EU citizens are not doing well when it comes to financial literacy. Nearly half lack an understanding of basic financial concepts, including inflation.

EU citizens are not doing well when it comes to financial literacy. Nearly half lack an understanding of basic financial concepts, including inflation.

A third of Europeans do not understand how inflation works, according to a survey by Eurobarometer. The same survey revealed only 18% of EU citizens were able to show a high level of financial literary.

According to the survey, 65% of EU citizens are aware that, in times of positive inflation, the purchasing power of their money decreases, meaning they can buy less than they could before with the same amount of money.

Lack of knowledge about inflation could be seen as concerning

In October 2022, the annual inflation in the EU reached levels not seen before in the previous four decades at 11.5%. While the rising cost of living was the most pressing worry for 93% of Europeans at that time, apparently a third of EU citizens do not know how inflation affects their lives.

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The best performers were the Netherlands (43%), Denmark (40%), Finland (40%) and Estonia (39%) where about four in 10 respondents display a high level of financial knowledge.

Romania and Portugal reported the worst scores in high levels of financial knowledge at 13% and 16%, respectively.

  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    8 months ago

    €100 into a savings account with a guaranteed interest rate of 2% per year. How much would be in the account at the end of five years, once the interest payment is made?

    That’s an insanely hard problem to know the equation and do it in your head. Because the interest compounds (current year plus interest adds to last year’s total).

    The equation is P( (1+r/n)^t*n -1)

    • sbvEnglish
      9·
      8 months ago

      Check the article. It’s pretty easy to choose the right option.

    • Sirence@feddit.deEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      If someone asked me to calculate it in the street I would be blue screening but here it was a multiple choice with the options set in a way that you don’t really have to calculate compound interest at all, you just had to know it exists (over 110€).