Arrears on utility bills in Switzerland
3.6% of people in Switzerland lived in households behind on utility bills in 2024.
Switzerland, 2024
3.6%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
European Union, 2024
6.9%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
5.0%
Arrears on utility bills in Switzerland over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Switzerland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 7.0% |
| 2024 | 3.6% | 6.9% |
| 2023 | 3.4% | 6.9% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| 2021 | 2.5% | 6.4% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | 6.5% |
| 2019 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
| 2018 | 4.1% | 6.8%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 3.6% | 7.3%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 4.5% | 8.4%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 3.6% | 9.4%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 4.2%b (break in time series) | 10.3%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 3.0% | 10.4%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 3.6% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 3.5% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 4.8% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 5.6% | – |
| 2008 | 4.7% | – |
| 2007 | 5.6% | – |
Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 3.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 4.2%, the figure has changed by −0.6 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.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 6.9%.