European ranking
8 / 31
Worsened by 2 positions since the previous year
Ireland: Arrears on housing or utility bills
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Ireland
Current reading for Arrears on housing or utility bills in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Arrears on housing or utility bills
Latest value
12.20 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
+1.9 puntos
Ireland is 1.9 points above the European average.
EU: 10.25
Affected population
≈ 0.65 million people affected
Year: 2024
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Indicator: Arrears on housing or utility bills
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At a glance
Ireland performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Arrears on housing or utility bills, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Ireland
In Ireland, Arrears on bills is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 12.2% versus 10.2% in 2024, with a gap of 2.0 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Ireland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 11.80% in 2019 to 12.20% in 2024. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 10.60% in 2023 to 12.20% in 2024, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Regional differences in Ireland
In Ireland, regional values for Arrears on bills are relatively close. Across 3 comparable regions, Southern Ireland records the highest value (12.7%) and Northern and Western Ireland the lowest (10.1%), a gap of 2.6 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Ireland, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.