EU 9.50
· European ranking
34 / 34
No change compared with previous year
Switzerland: Energy Poverty / Cold Homes
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
0.70% of people
EU 9.50 · -8.8 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
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2024 · 7 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+100.00
1.40
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2+85.71
1.30
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3+14.29
0.80
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3+14.29
0.80
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5+0.00
0.70
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6-71.43
0.20
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6-71.43
0.20
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Switzerland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to keep home adequately warm, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Cannot keep home warm stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 0.7% versus 9.5% in 2024, a large gap of 8.8 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Switzerland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 0.30% in 2019 to 0.70% in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 0.50% in 2023, confirming the stable reading.
Regional differences in Switzerland
In Switzerland, regional differences in Cannot keep home warm are pronounced. Across 7 comparable regions, Eastern Switzerland records the highest value (1.4%) and Northwestern Switzerland the lowest (0.2%), a gap of 1.2 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Switzerland, 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.