EU 10.25
· European ranking
8 / 31
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Ireland: Housing & Utility Bill Arrears
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
12.20% of people
EU 10.25 · +2.0 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
· 2024 · 3 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+4.10
12.70
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2+2.46
12.50
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3-17.21
10.10
More context on this indicator
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.