EU 11.56
· European ranking
2 / 33
No change compared with previous year
North Macedonia: Housing & Utility Bill Arrears
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2023
29.30% of people
EU 11.56 · +17.7 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
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At a glance
North Macedonia performs less 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 North Macedonia
In North Macedonia, Arrears on bills stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 29.3% versus 11.6% in 2023, a large gap of 17.7 percentage points.
Recent trend
In North Macedonia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 37.70% in 2018 to 29.30% in 2023. The latest step, from 33.00% in 2022 to 29.30% in 2023, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In North Macedonia, 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 improvement.