Inability to keep home adequately warm in Portugal

15.6% of people in Portugal 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 2004. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Inability to keep home adequately warm Unit: % of population Data: 2004 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Portugal, 2025 15.6% % of population
Change from 2024 −0.1percentage points 2024: 15.7%
European Union, 2025 8.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 5.7% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 7th of 31 See the full ranking

Inability to keep home adequately warm in Portugal 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), 2004 to 2025
Period PortugalEuropean Union
2025 15.6% 8.8%
2024 15.7% 9.2%
2023 20.8% 10.6%
2022 17.5% 9.3%
2021 16.4%b (break in time series) 6.9%
2020 17.5% 7.5%
2019 18.9% 6.9%
2018 19.4% 7.6%e (estimated)
2017 20.4% 8.1%e (estimated)
2016 22.5% 9.0%e (estimated)
2015 23.8% 9.6%e (estimated)
2014 28.3% 10.4%e (estimated)
2013 27.9% 10.8%e (estimated)
2012 27.0% 11.2%e (estimated)
2011 26.8% 10.3%e (estimated)
2010 30.1% 9.9%e (estimated)
2009 28.5% –
2008 34.9% –
2007 41.9% –
2006 39.9% –
2005 40.0% –
2004 36.3% –

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

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 15.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 23.8%, the figure has changed by −8.2 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, Portugal has the 7th 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
2004 to 2025 for Portugal
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat