Arrears on utility bills in Norway
3.2% of people in Norway lived in households behind on utility bills in 2025.
Norway, 2025
3.2%
Change from 2024
−0.3percentage points
European Union, 2025
7.0%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
5.1%
Position in 2025
27th of 31
Arrears on utility bills in Norway 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 | Norway | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2% | 7.0% |
| 2024 | 3.5% | 6.9% |
| 2023 | 3.4% | 6.9% |
| 2022 | 3.1% | 6.9% |
| 2021 | 2.3%b (break in time series) | 6.4% |
| 2020 | 2.8% | 6.5% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | 6.2% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | 6.8%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 3.0% | 7.3%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 2.4% | 8.4%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 3.2% | 9.4%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 3.1% | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 4.5% | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 4.6% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 6.9% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 6.3% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 6.5% | – |
| 2008 | 5.1% | – |
| 2007 | 6.0% | – |
| 2006 | 6.7% | – |
| 2005 | 7.9% | – |
| 2004 | 8.3% | – |
| 2003 | 10.5% | – |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 3.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.2%, the figure has changed by 0 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, Norway has the 27th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.0%.