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Spain (14.2%) and Portugal (16.4%) They are at the bottom of Europe in energy poverty, only surpassed by Eastern countries such as Albania, Bulgaria, Lithuania or Turkey. Energy poverty measures the percentage of the population with an inadequate temperature in their home during the winter, with data from Eurostat 2021, before the war broke out in Ukraine.
These indicators of energy poverty measure, among other things, the ability or not to maintain the home at an adequate temperature, the disproportionate expense in paying energy bills at home, or the delay in paying bills for home supplies. .
Switzerland and the Nordic countries have the lowest rates of people who cannot afford to keep their homes warm in winter.