Inability to keep home adequately warm in Belgium
Belgium: Inability to keep home adequately warm was 4.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Inability to keep home adequately warm in Belgium, 2003–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, inability to keep home adequately warm in Belgium stood at 4.2%.
That represents a change of down 12.5% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inability to keep home adequately warm in Belgium peaked at 14.6% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 2021.
Belgium ranks 32nd of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Inability to keep home adequately warm in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6.0% | — |
| 2004 | 6.4% | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 14.1% | +120.3% |
| 2006 | 14.5% | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 14.6% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 6.4% | -56.2% |
| 2009 | 5.1% | -20.3% |
| 2010 | 5.6% | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 7.1% | +26.8% |
| 2012 | 6.6% | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 5.8% | -12.1% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 5.2% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 5.8% | +20.8% |
| 2018 | 5.2% | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 3.9% | -25.0% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | -16.7% |
| 2022 | 5.0% | +42.9% |
| 2023 | 6.0% | +20.0% |
| 2024 | 4.8% | -20.0% |
| 2025 | 4.2% | -12.5% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 4.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5.6%, 76% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 4.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 4.7%, 89% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Inability to keep home adequately warm in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +120.3% | 6.4% | 14.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.6% | 5.1% | 14.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 3.9% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6% | 3.5% | 6.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More reference data data for Belgium
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9298 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.291 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1382 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.12 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.93 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.4 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.7526 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inability to keep home adequately warm in Belgium?
- Inability to keep home adequately warm in Belgium was 4.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest inability to keep home adequately warm recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 14.6% in 2007.
- What is the lowest inability to keep home adequately warm recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2021.
- How does Belgium rank for inability to keep home adequately warm?
- Belgium ranks 32nd out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is inability to keep home adequately warm rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Inability to keep home adequately warm. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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