EU 10.25
· European ranking
27 / 31
Down 7 positions compared with previous year
Lithuania: Housing & Utility Bill Arrears
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
5.00% of people
EU 10.25 · -5.2 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 · 2 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+2.00
5.10
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2-2.00
4.90
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Lithuania performs more 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.
European comparison in Lithuania
In Lithuania, Arrears on bills stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 5.0% versus 10.2% in 2024, a large gap of 5.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Lithuania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 8.20% in 2019 to 5.00% in 2024. The latest step, from 7.10% in 2023 to 5.00% in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Lithuania, 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.