Energy Poverty / Cold Homes indicator overview
Explore editorial context for the indicator Energy Poverty / Cold Homes.
Technical indicator
Inability to keep home adequately warm
Eurostat datasets
ilc_mdes01,
ILC_MDES01_R
Reference year
2025
Latest source release
2026-07-08
EU
Europe
European benchmark
· 2025
8.0%
of people
30
countries in the European snapshot
Coverage
30
Countries with comparable data
Data year
2025
Reference year
Topic
Housing & Energy Costs
Map countries with indicator page
European distribution
2025
· 30
countries
Medium-term movement
2020 → 2025
· 30 countries
Open trend
-
Improved
10
-
Unchanged
2
-
Worsened
18
Largest improvement
Bulgaria
27.5 Percent of people -> 16.1 Percent of people
-11.4 Percent of people
Largest deterioration
Spain
10.9 Percent of people -> 15.9 Percent of people
+5.0 Percent of people