EU 8.02
· European ranking
11 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Italy: Energy Poverty / Cold Homes
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
8.60% of people
EU 8.02 · +0.6 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to keep their home adequately warm.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Inability to keep home adequately warm ilc_mdes01
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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+115.12
18.50
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2+104.65
17.60
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3+50.00
12.90
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4+41.86
12.20
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5+6.98
9.20
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6-1.16
8.50
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7-5.81
8.10
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7-5.81
8.10
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9-9.30
7.80
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10-11.63
7.60
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11-18.60
7.00
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12-32.56
5.80
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13-33.72
5.70
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14-51.16
4.20
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15-52.33
4.10
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16-58.14
3.60
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17-65.12
3.00
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18-67.44
2.80
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19-69.77
2.60
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20-74.42
2.20
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21-76.74
2.00
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Italy performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to keep home adequately warm, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Italy
In Italy, Cannot keep home warm is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 8.6% versus 8.0% in 2025, a gap of 0.6 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Italy, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 8.30% in 2020 to 8.60% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 8.60% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.
Regional differences in Italy
In Italy, regional differences in Cannot keep home warm are pronounced. Across 21 comparable regions, Sicilia records the highest value (18.5%) and Provincia Autonoma di Trento the lowest (2%), a gap of 16.5 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.