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Slovakia: Housing & Utility Bill Arrears

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

Latest value

Β· 2024

8.40% of people

EU 10.25 Β· -1.8 pp vs Europe

European ranking

15 / 31

Down 2 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

5.4M

Country population Β· 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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Β· 2024 Β· 4 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1
    +77.38

    14.90

  2. 2
    -5.95

    7.90

  3. 3
    -38.10

    5.20

  4. 4
    -65.48

    2.90

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Slovakia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Arrears on housing or utility bills, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Slovakia

In Slovakia, Arrears on bills is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 8.4% versus 10.2% in 2024, with a gap of 1.8 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Slovakia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 10.20% in 2019 to 8.40% in 2024. The latest step, from 8.80% in 2023 to 8.40% in 2024, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.

Regional differences in Slovakia

In Slovakia, regional differences in Arrears on bills are pronounced. Across 4 comparable regions, Eastern Slovakia records the highest value (14.9%) and Bratislava Region the lowest (2.9%), a gap of 12 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Slovakia, 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.