Arrears on utility bills in Croatia
7.3% of people in Croatia lived in households behind on utility bills in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2010.
Croatia, 2025
7.3%
Change from 2024
−1.5percentage points
European Union, 2025
7.0%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.6%
Position in 2025
12th of 31
Arrears on utility bills in Croatia over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Croatia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.3% | 7.0% |
| 2024 | 8.8% | 6.9% |
| 2023 | 11.6% | 6.9% |
| 2022 | 14.5% | 6.9% |
| 2021 | 15.2% | 6.4% |
| 2020 | 13.6% | 6.5% |
| 2019 | 14.8% | 6.2% |
| 2018 | 17.5% | 6.8%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 21.0% | 7.3%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 25.3% | 8.4%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 28.7% | 9.4%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 29.1% | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 30.4% | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 28.9% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 27.5% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 28.0% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −1.5 percentage points from 8.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 28.7%, the figure has changed by −21.4 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Croatia has the 12th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.0%.
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