Inability to keep home adequately warm in Denmark
4.5% of people in Denmark said their household could not afford to keep the home adequately warm in 2025.
Denmark, 2025
4.5%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
European Union, 2025
8.8%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.7%
Position in 2025
19th of 31
Inability to keep home adequately warm in Denmark over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5% | 8.8% |
| 2024 | 4.4% | 9.2% |
| 2023 | 6.9% | 10.6% |
| 2022 | 5.1% | 9.3% |
| 2021 | 2.8% | 6.9% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | 7.5% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | 6.9% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | 7.6%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 2.7% | 8.1%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 2.7% | 9.0%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 3.6% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 2.9% | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 3.8% | 10.8%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 2.5% | 11.2%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 2.3% | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 1.9% | 9.9%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 1.5% | – |
| 2008 | 1.7% | – |
| 2007 | 10.3% | – |
| 2006 | 9.4% | – |
| 2005 | 8.9% | – |
| 2004 | 10.1% | – |
| 2003 | 10.5% | – |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 4.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.6%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Denmark has the 19th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 8.8%.
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