Eurostat data on persons living in dwellings not comfortably warm during winter, segmented by sex, age, and risk of poverty or social exclusion. The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0 and was last updated in April 2026. It provides a multi-dimensional view of energy poverty across European populations.
Use Cases
- Assess energy poverty prevalence based on demographic segmentation by sex and age.
- Analyze the intersection of fuel poverty and social exclusion risk factors.
- Model demographic disparities in access to adequate winter heating.
- Monitor progress on EU social and energy policy targets related to housing adequacy.
Strengths
- Data is segmented by sex, age, and poverty/social exclusion status, allowing for multi-dimensional analysis.
- Published by Eurostat, a recognized official statistical authority for the EU.
- Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
Provenance
- Source
- Eurostat
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-24 00:00:00
- Geography
- European Union