Arrears on utility bills in Germany, 2022

Arrears on utility bills in 2022: Annual value — 4.3 %. Comparison with the previous year and position in the series history. Official data — Eurostat.

Arrears on utility bills in 2022 — neighbouring years chart, Annual value 4.3 %, source Eurostat — Arrears on utility bills in 2022 — value in the context of neighbouring years. Source: Eurostat. forecasteconomy.com

Arrears on utility bills in 2022

Value: 4.3 %
Change vs 2021: +0.6 % (+16.22 %)
Position in history: above the 21-year average (average — 3.7571 %)
Series maximum — 5.4 % in 2023
Series minimum — 2.2 % in 2019 (3 years ago)
Value date: 1 January 2022
Source: Eurostat

Dynamics over neighbouring years

Year	Value, %
2016	3
2017	2.8
2018	3
2019	2.2
2020	3.3
2021	3.7
2022	4.3
2023	5.4
2024	5
2025	4.6

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Complete series for Germany — on the Arrears on utility bills page.

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