Arrears on utility bills in European Union
7.0% of people in the European Union lived in households behind on utility bills in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2017.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
7.0%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
Arrears on utility bills in European Union over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.0% |
| 2024 | 6.9% |
| 2023 | 6.9% |
| 2022 | 6.9% |
| 2021 | 6.4% |
| 2020 | 6.5% |
| 2019 | 6.2% |
| 2018 | 6.8%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 7.3%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 8.4%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 9.4%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 9.6%e (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 6.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 9.4%, the figure has changed by −2.4 percentage points.