National origin of complaints registered and inquiries opened by the European Ombudsman in 2018

Country

Number of complaints

Number of inquiries opened

Spain

393

42

Germany

186

60

United Kingdom

186

36

Poland

179

16

Belgium

174

87

France

132

25

Italy

116

37

Netherlands

57

11

Bulgaria

56

10

Romania

56

9

Greece

54

17

Hungary

48

10

Sweden

47

15

Portugal

44

6

Czech Republic

39

7

Austria

35

15

Ireland

34

10

Croatia

31

6

Luxembourg

27

16

Finland

23

3

Slovenia

23

2

Slovakia

20

4

Lithuania

17

6

Denmark

16

5

Cyprus

11

3

Malta

8

4

Latvia

6

0

Estonia

6

3

Other countries

122

16

Not known

14

1