Inability to keep home adequately warm in Netherlands

6.6% of people in Netherlands said their household could not afford to keep the home adequately warm in 2025.

Measure: Inability to keep home adequately warm Unit: % of population Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Netherlands, 2025 6.6% % of population
Change from 2024 −0.5percentage points 2024: 7.1%
European Union, 2025 8.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 5.7% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 15th of 31 See the full ranking

Inability to keep home adequately warm in Netherlands 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 NetherlandsEuropean Union
2025 6.6% 8.8%
2024 7.1% 9.2%
2023 7.1% 10.6%
2022 5.3% 9.3%
2021 2.4% 6.9%
2020 2.4% 7.5%
2019 3.0% 6.9%
2018 2.2% 7.6%e (estimated)
2017 2.4% 8.1%e (estimated)
2016 2.6%b (break in time series) 9.0%e (estimated)
2015 2.9% 9.6%e (estimated)
2014 2.6% 10.4%e (estimated)
2013 2.9% 10.8%e (estimated)
2012 2.2% 11.2%e (estimated)
2011 1.6% 10.3%e (estimated)
2010 2.3% 9.9%e (estimated)
2009 1.3% –
2008 1.8% –
2007 1.6% –
2006 2.2% –
2005 3.1% –

Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 7.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.9%, the figure has changed by +3.7 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 15th 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 Netherlands
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat