Arrears on utility bills in Austria
4.7% of people in Austria lived in households behind on utility bills in 2025.
Austria, 2025
4.7%
Change from 2024
−0.6percentage points
European Union, 2025
7.0%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.6%
Position in 2025
19th of 31
Arrears on utility bills in Austria over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Austria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7% | 7.0% |
| 2024 | 5.3% | 6.9% |
| 2023 | 5.5% | 6.9% |
| 2022 | 2.6% | 6.9% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | 6.4% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | 6.5% |
| 2019 | 2.4% | 6.2% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | 6.8%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 3.6% | 7.3%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 4.2% | 8.4%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 3.5% | 9.4%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 3.5% | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 4.6% | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 3.8% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 4.0% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 4.4% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 4.0% | – |
| 2008 | 3.5%b (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 1.9% | – |
| 2006 | 1.8% | – |
| 2005 | 1.9% | – |
| 2004 | 2.0% | – |
| 2003 | 1.6% | – |
Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 5.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.5%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Austria has the 19th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.0%.