Inability to keep home adequately warm in France

11.5% of people in France said their household could not afford to keep the home adequately warm in 2025.

Measure: Inability to keep home adequately warm Unit: % of population Data: 2004 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
France, 2025 11.5% % of population
Change from 2024 −0.3percentage points 2024: 11.8%
European Union, 2025 8.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 5.7% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 9th of 31 See the full ranking

Inability to keep home adequately warm in France over time

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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Inability to keep home adequately warm (% of population), 2004 to 2025
Period FranceEuropean Union
2025 11.5% 8.8%
2024 11.8% 9.2%
2023 12.1% 10.6%
2022 10.7%b (break in time series) 9.3%
2021 6.0% 6.9%
2020 6.7%b (break in time series) 7.5%
2019 6.2% 6.9%
2018 5.0% 7.6%e (estimated)
2017 4.9% 8.1%e (estimated)
2016 5.0% 9.0%e (estimated)
2015 5.5% 9.6%e (estimated)
2014 5.9% 10.4%e (estimated)
2013 6.6% 10.8%e (estimated)
2012 6.0% 11.2%e (estimated)
2011 6.0% 10.3%e (estimated)
2010 5.7% 9.9%e (estimated)
2009 5.5% –
2008 5.3% –
2007 4.6% –
2006 5.9% –
2005 5.3% –
2004 5.9% –

Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 11.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 5.5%, the figure has changed by +6.0 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, France has the 9th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 8.8%.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
ilc_mdes01 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A hhcomp=TOTAL rskpovth=TOTAL unit=PC
Observation period
2004 to 2025 for France
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat