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Luxembourg: Housing & Utility Bill Arrears

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Latest value

ยท 2024

8.50% of people

EU 10.25 ยท -1.7 pp vs Europe

European ranking

14 / 31

No change compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

672.0K

Country population ยท 2024

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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At a glance

Luxembourg performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Arrears on housing or utility bills, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.

European comparison in Luxembourg

In Luxembourg, Arrears on bills is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 8.5% versus 10.2% in 2024, with a gap of 1.7 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Luxembourg, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 4.90% in 2020 to 8.50% in 2024. The latest value changes little from 8.70% in 2023, indicating a pause in the previous deterioration.

Reading within the topic

In Luxembourg, 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.