European ranking
16 / 23
Improved by 4 positions since the previous year
Latvia: Arrears on housing or utility bills
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Latvia
Current reading for Arrears on housing or utility bills in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Arrears on housing or utility bills
Latest value
6.60 Percent of people
Compared with Europe
-3.9 puntos
Latvia is 3.9 points below the European average.
EU: 10.47
Affected population
≈ 0.12 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Arrears on housing or utility bills
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At a glance
Latvia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Arrears on housing or utility bills, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Latvia
In Latvia, Arrears on bills is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 6.6% versus 10.5% in 2025, with a gap of 3.9 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Latvia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 9.70% in 2020 to 6.60% in 2025. The latest step, from 7.50% in 2024 to 6.60% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Latvia, 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.