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02/02/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/02/2026 04:00

9.2% of EU population struggled to keep their home warm

In 2024, 9.2% of the EU population was not able to keep their home adequately warm. Compared with 2023, this represents an improvement of 1.4 percentage point (pp).

The highest shares of people unable to keep their homes adequately warm were observed in Bulgaria and Greece (both 19.0%), followed by Lithuania (18.0%), and Spain (17.5%).
By contrast, Finland (2.7%), Poland and Slovenia (both 3.3%), and Estonia and Luxembourg (both 3.6%) reported the lowest shares.

Source dataset: ilc_mdes01

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