Inability to keep home adequately warm in Sweden

4.7% of people in Sweden 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: 2004 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Sweden, 2025 4.7% % of population
Change from 2024 +0.6percentage points 2024: 4.1%
European Union, 2025 8.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 5.7% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 18th of 31 See the full ranking

Inability to keep home adequately warm in Sweden 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 SwedenEuropean Union
2025 4.7% 8.8%
2024 4.1% 9.2%
2023 5.9% 10.6%
2022 3.3% 9.3%
2021 1.7% 6.9%
2020 2.7% 7.5%
2019 1.9% 6.9%
2018 2.3% 7.6%e (estimated)
2017 2.1% 8.1%e (estimated)
2016 2.6% 9.0%e (estimated)
2015 1.2% 9.6%e (estimated)
2014 1.1% 10.4%e (estimated)
2013 0.9% 10.8%e (estimated)
2012 1.7% 11.2%e (estimated)
2011 1.9% 10.3%e (estimated)
2010 2.1% 9.9%e (estimated)
2009 1.7% –
2008 1.6%b (break in time series) –
2007 1.8% –
2006 2.5% –
2005 1.4% –
2004 1.6% –

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

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 4.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.2%, the figure has changed by +3.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Sweden has the 18th 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 Sweden
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