Inability to keep home adequately warm in Bulgaria
16.1% of people in Bulgaria said their household could not afford to keep the home adequately warm in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2005. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Bulgaria, 2025
16.1%
Change from 2024
−2.9percentage points
European Union, 2025
8.8%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.7%
Position in 2025
5th of 31
Inability to keep home adequately warm in Bulgaria over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bulgaria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.1% | 8.8% |
| 2024 | 19.0% | 9.2% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | 10.6% |
| 2022 | 22.5% | 9.3% |
| 2021 | 23.7% | 6.9% |
| 2020 | 27.5% | 7.5% |
| 2019 | 30.1% | 6.9% |
| 2018 | 33.7% | 7.6%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 36.5% | 8.1%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 39.2%b (break in time series) | 9.0%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 39.2% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 40.5%b (break in time series) | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 44.9% | 10.8%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 46.5% | 11.2%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 46.3% | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 66.5% | 9.9%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 64.2% | – |
| 2008 | 66.3% | – |
| 2007 | 67.4% | – |
| 2006 | 69.5% | – |
| 2005 | 69.5% | – |
Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −2.9 percentage points from 19.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 39.2%, the figure has changed by −23.1 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, Bulgaria has the 5th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 8.8%.