Inability to keep home adequately warm in Latvia

4.3% of people in Latvia said their household could not afford to keep the home adequately warm in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Measure: Inability to keep home adequately warm Unit: % of population Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Latvia, 2025 4.3% % of population
Change from 2024 −0.6percentage points 2024: 4.9%
European Union, 2025 8.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 5.7% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 21st of 31 See the full ranking

Inability to keep home adequately warm in Latvia 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), 2005 to 2025
Period LatviaEuropean Union
2025 4.3% 8.8%
2024 4.9% 9.2%
2023 6.6% 10.6%
2022 7.1% 9.3%
2021 4.9% 6.9%
2020 6.0% 7.5%
2019 8.0% 6.9%
2018 7.5% 7.6%e (estimated)
2017 9.7% 8.1%e (estimated)
2016 10.6% 9.0%e (estimated)
2015 14.5% 9.6%e (estimated)
2014 16.8% 10.4%e (estimated)
2013 21.1% 10.8%e (estimated)
2012 19.9% 11.2%e (estimated)
2011 22.5% 10.3%e (estimated)
2010 19.1% 9.9%e (estimated)
2009 16.4% –
2008 16.8% –
2007 20.9% –
2006 25.7% –
2005 29.8% –

Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 4.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 14.5%, the figure has changed by −10.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Latvia has the 21st highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 8.8%.

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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
2005 to 2025 for Latvia
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
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Source: Eurostat