Arrears on utility bills in Cyprus
8.2% of people in Cyprus lived in households behind on utility bills in 2025.
Cyprus, 2025
8.2%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
European Union, 2025
7.0%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.6%
Position in 2025
9th of 31
Arrears on utility bills in Cyprus over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Cyprus | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.2% | 7.0% |
| 2024 | 7.8% | 6.9% |
| 2023 | 8.6% | 6.9% |
| 2022 | 7.9% | 6.9% |
| 2021 | 8.7% | 6.4% |
| 2020 | 9.7% | 6.5% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | 6.2% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | 6.8%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 13.7% | 7.3%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 15.4% | 8.4%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 20.1% | 9.4%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 20.5% | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 21.9% | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 18.4% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 16.9% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 16.3% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 13.3% | – |
| 2008 | 7.5%b (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 10.0% | – |
| 2006 | 9.9% | – |
| 2005 | 9.7% | – |
Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 7.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 20.1%, the figure has changed by −11.9 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Cyprus has the 9th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.0%.