Inability to keep home adequately warm in Germany
Germany: Inability to keep home adequately warm was 5.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Inability to keep home adequately warm in Germany, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for inability to keep home adequately warm in Germany is 5.7%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.5% on the previous year and up 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inability to keep home adequately warm in Germany peaked at 8.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2019.
That places Germany 24th out of 47 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Inability to keep home adequately warm in Germany, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4.6% | — |
| 2006 | 5.5% | +19.6% |
| 2007 | 5.4% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 5.9% | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 5.5% | -6.8% |
| 2010 | 5.0% | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 5.2% | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 4.7% | -9.6% |
| 2013 | 5.3% | +12.8% |
| 2014 | 4.9% | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 4.1% | -16.3% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | -9.8% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | -10.8% |
| 2018 | 2.7% | -18.2% |
| 2019 | 2.5% | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 7.0% | +180.0% |
| 2021 | 3.3% | -52.9% |
| 2022 | 6.7% | +103.0% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | +22.4% |
| 2024 | 6.3% | -23.2% |
| 2025 | 5.7% | -9.5% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 5.7% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5.6%, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Germany's 5.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 4.7%, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Inability to keep home adequately warm in Germany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +180.0% | 2.5% | 7.0% |
| 2022 | +103.0% | 3.3% | 6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.4% | 4.6% | 5.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 4.1% | 2.5% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 3.3% | 8.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 21 Netherlands 6.6% compare
- 21 Netherlands 6.6% compare
- 23 Hungary 5.8% compare
- 25 United Kingdom 5.4% compare
- 25 United Kingdom 5.4% compare
- 27 Sweden 4.7% compare
More reference data data for Germany
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 4.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.7 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16.93 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 16.93 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 15.41 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 9.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.87 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 80.38 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 10.56 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inability to keep home adequately warm in Germany?
- Inability to keep home adequately warm in Germany was 5.7% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest inability to keep home adequately warm recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 8.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest inability to keep home adequately warm recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2019.
- How does Germany rank for inability to keep home adequately warm?
- Germany ranks 24th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is inability to keep home adequately warm rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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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