In 2022, Cyprus ranked as the second-highest country in terms of its population struggling to afford adequate heating for their homes, based on data released by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical service.
In Cyprus, 19.2% of the population (compared to 9.3% in the EU) reported that they faced challenges in adequately warming their homes. This percentage in Cyprus saw a slight decrease from 19.4% in 2021, while the EU experienced an increase of 2.4 percentage points during the same period.
The countries with the highest percentages of households unable to maintain proper heating included Bulgaria (22.5%), Cyprus (19.2%), Greece (18.7%), Lithuania and Portugal (both 17.5%), Spain (17.1%), and Romania (15.2%).
In contrast, countries such as Finland (1.4%), Luxembourg (2.1%), Slovenia (2.6%), Austria (2.7%), Czechia (2.9%), Sweden (3.3%), and Estonia (3.4%) reported the lowest proportions of their populations facing difficulties in keeping their homes adequately warm.
