Inability to keep home adequately warm in Ireland
4.5% of people in Ireland said their household could not afford to keep the home adequately warm in 2025.
Ireland, 2025
4.5%
Change from 2024
−0.4percentage points
European Union, 2025
8.8%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.7%
Position in 2025
20th of 31
Inability to keep home adequately warm in Ireland over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ireland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5% | 8.8% |
| 2024 | 4.9% | 9.2% |
| 2023 | 7.2% | 10.6% |
| 2022 | 6.8% | 9.3% |
| 2021 | 3.4% | 6.9% |
| 2020 | 3.6%b (break in time series) | 7.5% |
| 2019 | 5.1%b (break in time series) | 6.9% |
| 2018 | 4.4% | 7.6%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 4.4% | 8.1%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 5.9% | 9.0%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 9.0% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 8.9% | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 10.0% | 10.8%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 8.4% | 11.2%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 6.8% | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 6.8% | 9.9%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 4.1% | – |
| 2008 | 3.7% | – |
| 2007 | 3.5% | – |
| 2006 | 3.8% | – |
| 2005 | 4.0% | – |
| 2004 | 3.3% | – |
| 2003 | 3.2% | – |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 4.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 9.0%, the figure has changed by −4.5 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, Ireland has the 20th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 8.8%.