One in ten (10.6%) of the EU population struggled to keep their homes warm in 2023, new data from Eurostat has revealed.
This is a 1.3-percentage-point gain on the previous year, the data showed.
Residents in Spain (20.8%) and Portugal (20.8%) reported the highest percentages of individuals struggling to keep their households warm, followed by Bulgaria (20.7%), Lithuania (20.0%), and Greece (19.2%).
At the other end of the scale, countries with the lowest percentages were Luxembourg (2.1%), Finland (2.6%), Slovenia (3.6%), Austria (3.9%), and Estonia (4.1%), where residents were better able to maintain warm homes. Read more here.
At risk of poverty
Previous data indicated that In 2023, 16.2% of the EU population – or some 71.7 million people – were at risk of poverty.
At a regional level, 10 regions in the EU had a share of people at risk of poverty above 30%, according to the Eurostat data. Read more here.
Percentage of households unable to keep their homes warm, 2023
| Country | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Spain | 20.8 |
| Portugal | 20.8 |
| Bulgaria | 20.7 |
| Lithuania | 20.0 |
| Greece | 19.2 |
| Cyprus | 16.9 |
| Romania | 12.5 |
| France | 12.1 |
| Italy | 9.5 |
| Germany | 8.2 |
| Slovakia | 8.1 |
| Ireland | 7.2 |
| Hungary | 7.2 |
| Netherlands | 7.1 |
| Denmark | 6.9 |
| Malta | 6.8 |
| Latvia | 6.6 |
| Croatia | 6.2 |
| Czechia | 6.1 |
| Belgium | 6.0 |
| Sweden | 5.9 |
| Poland | 4.7 |
| Estonia | 4.1 |
| Austria | 3.9 |
| Slovenia | 3.6 |
| Finland | 2.6 |
| Luxembourg | 2.1 |
