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Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Albania: Arrears on housing or utility bills
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Albania
Current reading for Arrears on housing or utility bills in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Arrears on housing or utility bills
Latest value
24.20 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
+12.6 puntos
Albania is 12.6 points above the European average.
EU: 11.56
Affected population
≈ 0.67 million people affected
Year: 2023
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Indicator: Arrears on housing or utility bills
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At a glance
Albania performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Arrears on housing or utility bills, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Albania
In Albania, Arrears on bills stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 24.2% versus 11.6% in 2023, a large gap of 12.6 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Albania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 27.20% in 2018 to 24.20% in 2023. The latest step, from 27.00% in 2022 to 24.20% in 2023, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Albania, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.