EU 10.47
· European ranking
4 / 23
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Bulgaria: Housing & Utility Bill Arrears
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
18.20% of people
EU 10.47 · +7.7 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households with arrears on mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, or hire-purchase instalments.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Arrears on housing or utility bills ILC_MDES05
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2025 · 6 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+39.56
25.40
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2+13.19
20.60
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3+11.54
20.30
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4+4.95
19.10
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5+0.55
18.30
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6-24.18
13.80
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Bulgaria 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. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, Arrears on bills stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 18.2% versus 10.5% in 2025, a large gap of 7.7 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Bulgaria, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 23.60% in 2020 to 18.20% in 2025. The latest step, from 18.70% in 2024 to 18.20% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is weaker than the primary one.
Regional differences in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, Arrears on bills shows noticeable regional variation. Across 6 comparable regions, Severen tsentralen records the highest value (25.4%) and Yugozapaden the lowest (13.8%), a gap of 11.6 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Bulgaria, 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.