Arrears on utility bills in Iceland
3.1% of people in Iceland lived in households behind on utility bills in 2020. The value for 2020 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2004.
The latest value for Iceland is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Iceland, 2020
3.1%
Change from 2019
−0.7percentage points
European Union, 2020
6.5%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2020
4.9%
Arrears on utility bills in Iceland 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 | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 7.0% |
| 2024 | – | 6.9% |
| 2023 | – | 6.9% |
| 2022 | – | 6.9% |
| 2021 | – | 6.4% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | 6.5% |
| 2019 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
| 2018 | 4.0% | 6.8%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 4.1% | 7.3%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 6.0% | 8.4%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 6.6% | 9.4%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 7.5% | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 7.5% | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 7.0% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 7.5% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 7.0% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 3.9% | – |
| 2008 | 3.2% | – |
| 2007 | 4.7% | – |
| 2006 | 5.0% | – |
| 2005 | 7.3% | – |
| 2004 | 6.9% | – |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 3.8% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 7.0%, the figure has changed by −3.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2020 was 6.5%.
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