EU 10.47
· European ranking
6 / 23
No change compared with previous year
Cyprus: Housing & Utility Bill Arrears
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
12.00% of people
EU 10.47 · +1.5 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
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Internal regions
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More context on this indicator
At a glance
Cyprus performs less 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 Cyprus
In Cyprus, Arrears on bills is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 12.0% versus 10.5% in 2025, with a gap of 1.5 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Cyprus, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 15.40% in 2020 to 12.00% in 2025. The latest step, from 12.50% in 2024 to 12.00% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Cyprus, 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.