Arrears on utility bills in Netherlands
2.2% of people in Netherlands lived in households behind on utility bills in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2015. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Netherlands, 2025
2.2%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
European Union, 2025
7.0%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.6%
Position in 2025
31st of 31
Arrears on utility bills in Netherlands 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 | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.2% | 7.0% |
| 2024 | 1.9% | 6.9% |
| 2023 | 1.2% | 6.9% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | 6.9% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | 6.4% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | 6.5% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | 6.2% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | 6.8%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 2.1% | 7.3%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 2.0%b (break in time series) | 8.4%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 2.7% | 9.4%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 3.0%p (provisional) | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 2.4% | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 2.3% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 2.4% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 2.1% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 2.1% | – |
| 2008 | 2.2% | – |
| 2007 | 2.2% | – |
| 2006 | 2.7% | – |
| 2005 | 3.2% | – |
Flags: e estimated; p provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 1.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.7%, the figure has changed by −0.5 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, Netherlands has the 31st highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.0%.