EU 10.47
· European ranking
15 / 23
Up 4 positions compared with previous year
Italy: Housing & Utility Bill Arrears
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
6.80% of people
EU 10.47 · -3.7 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 · 21 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+58.82
10.80
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2+51.47
10.30
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3+41.18
9.60
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4+26.47
8.60
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5+17.65
8.00
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6+14.71
7.80
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7+8.82
7.40
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8+2.94
7.00
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9-5.88
6.40
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10-7.35
6.30
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11-27.94
4.90
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12-29.41
4.80
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13-32.35
4.60
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14-36.76
4.30
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15-44.12
3.80
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16-45.59
3.70
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17-50.00
3.40
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18-58.82
2.80
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19-60.29
2.70
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20-85.29
1.00
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21-91.18
0.60
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Italy performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Arrears on housing or utility bills, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Italy
In Italy, Arrears on bills is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 6.8% versus 10.5% in 2025, with a gap of 3.7 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Italy, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 6.80% in 2020 to 6.80% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 5.30% in 2024 to 6.80% in 2025, departs from that stability with a deterioration.
Regional differences in Italy
In Italy, regional differences in Arrears on bills are pronounced. Across 21 comparable regions, Sicilia records the highest value (10.8%) and Provincia Autonoma di Trento the lowest (0.6%), a gap of 10.2 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Italy, 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 deterioration and warrant monitoring.