Inability to keep home adequately warm in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Inability to keep home adequately warm was 5.4% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
5.4%
Change on year
down 8.5%
World rank
25th
of 47 countries
All-time high
10.6%
in 2013
All-time low
4.5%
in 2007
Years of data
14
2005–2018
Inability to keep home adequately warm in United Kingdom, 2005–2018
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2018, inability to keep home adequately warm in United Kingdom stood at 5.4%.
The figure is down 8.5% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, inability to keep home adequately warm in United Kingdom peaked at 10.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 2007.
That places United Kingdom 25th out of 47 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Inability to keep home adequately warm in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5.7% | — |
| 2006 | 4.8% | -15.8% |
| 2007 | 4.5% | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | +33.3% |
| 2009 | 5.8% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 6.1% | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 6.5% | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 8.1% | +24.6% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | +30.9% |
| 2014 | 9.4% | -11.3% |
| 2015 | 7.8% | -17.0% |
| 2016 | 6.1% | -21.8% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 5.4% | -8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.4% | 4.5% | 6.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 7.3% | 5.4% | 10.6% | 9 |
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More reference data data for United Kingdom
- Cooling and heating degree days by NUTS 2 regions - annual data -3.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days by NUTS 2 regions - monthly data 1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days by NUTS 2 regions - monthly data 358.44 Number (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days by NUTS 2 regions - annual data 2,710 Number (2025)
- R&D personnel by sector of performance and region — R&D Personnel 739,816 Persons (2017)
- Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region 1,860 Number (2016)
- Stock of vehicles by category and NUTS 2 region 36.71 million Number (2018)
- Deaths (total) by NUTS 3 region 614,313 Number (2018)
- Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by 84,580 Number (2016)
- Deaths by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 614,313 Number (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is inability to keep home adequately warm in United Kingdom?
- Inability to keep home adequately warm in United Kingdom was 5.4% in 2018, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest inability to keep home adequately warm recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest inability to keep home adequately warm recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 2007.
- How does United Kingdom rank for inability to keep home adequately warm?
- United Kingdom ranks 25th out of 47 countries with data for 2018.
- Is inability to keep home adequately warm rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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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