Inability to keep home adequately warm in Belgium
4.2% of people in Belgium said their household could not afford to keep the home adequately warm in 2025.
Belgium, 2025
4.2%
Change from 2024
−0.6percentage points
European Union, 2025
8.8%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.7%
Position in 2025
22nd of 31
Inability to keep home adequately warm in Belgium over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belgium | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.2% | 8.8% |
| 2024 | 4.8% | 9.2% |
| 2023 | 6.0% | 10.6% |
| 2022 | 5.0% | 9.3% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | 6.9% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | 7.5% |
| 2019 | 3.9%b (break in time series) | 6.9% |
| 2018 | 5.2% | 7.6%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 5.8% | 8.1%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 4.8% | 9.0%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 5.2% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 5.4% | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 5.8% | 10.8%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 6.6% | 11.2%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 7.1% | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 5.6% | 9.9%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 5.1% | – |
| 2008 | 6.4% | – |
| 2007 | 14.6% | – |
| 2006 | 14.5% | – |
| 2005 | 14.1% | – |
| 2004 | 6.4% | – |
| 2003 | 6.0% | – |
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 4.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 5.2%, the figure has changed by −1.0 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Belgium has the 22nd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 8.8%.