Inability to keep home adequately warm in Germany
5.7% of people in Germany said their household could not afford to keep the home adequately warm in 2025.
Germany, 2025
5.7%
Change from 2024
−0.6percentage points
European Union, 2025
8.8%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.7%
Position in 2025
17th of 31
Inability to keep home adequately warm in Germany over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Germany | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.7% | 8.8% |
| 2024 | 6.3% | 9.2% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | 10.6% |
| 2022 | 6.7% | 9.3% |
| 2021 | 3.3% | 6.9% |
| 2020 | 7.0%b (break in time series) | 7.5% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | 6.9% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | 7.6%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 3.3% | 8.1%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 3.7% | 9.0%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 4.1% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 4.9% | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 5.3% | 10.8%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 4.7% | 11.2%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 5.2% | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 5.0% | 9.9%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 5.5% | – |
| 2008 | 5.9% | – |
| 2007 | 5.4% | – |
| 2006 | 5.5% | – |
| 2005 | 4.6% | – |
Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 6.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4.1%, the figure has changed by +1.6 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, Germany has the 17th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 8.8%.