How the numbers were computed

For the story Who cannot keep their home warm in the EU.

Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.

The ranking

Ranks

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Denmark and Ireland, at 4.5% each, are both 16th, and Latvia is 18th.

27 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1

15.5 percentage points

Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 18.1 − 2.6 = 15.5. Rounded to each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

18.1: Greece, 2025 ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.EL@2025 · request r1
2.6: Finland, 2025 ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.FI@2025 · request r1

27 / 27

EU countries with a value for 2025: all 27 of the 27 EU member states.

27 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1

Poverty risk and cold homes

Ranks, above the threshold

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Germany and the Netherlands, at 4.4% each, are both 12th, and Hungary is 14th.

27 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r3

11.9 percentage points

Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 13.7 − 1.8 = 11.9. Rounded to each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

13.7: Greece, 2025 ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.EL@2025 · request r3
1.8: Croatia, 2025 ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.HR@2025 · request r3
1.8: Latvia, 2025 ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.LV@2025 · request r3

Ranks, at risk of poverty

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Czechia and Latvia, at 12.8% each, are both 15th, and Germany is 17th.

27 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.B_60.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r2

30.4 percentage points

Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 36.1 − 5.7 = 30.4. Rounded to each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

36.1: Greece, 2025 ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.B_60.PC.EL@2025 · request r2
5.7: Estonia, 2025 ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.B_60.PC.EE@2025 · request r2

Differences, at risk of poverty − above the threshold

Per country and for the EU, at risk of poverty minus above the threshold. Rounded to each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

28 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.B_60.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r2
28 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r3

Living alone and single parents

Values, Living alone and single parents

The values as Eurostat publishes them, one per country and group.

28 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1
28 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.A1_LT65.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r4
28 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.A1_GE65.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r4
28 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.A1_DCH.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r4
28 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.A2.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r4
28 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.A2_DCH1.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r4
28 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.A2_DCH2.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r4
28 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.A2_DCH_GE3.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r4

Ranks, everyone

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. There are no ties in this ranking.

27 values, one per country ilc_mdes01:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1