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Heating and buildings in Belgium

Heating conditions, energy-efficiency improvements and the structure of the housing stock.

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
Unable to keep home warm4.2 %2025 · ilc_mdes01
Energy-efficiency improvement30.8 %2025 · ilc_lvhe08
District heating0.5 %2023 · ilc_lvhe01
Conventional dwellings5,781,0882021 · Census
Home energy poverty in Belgium→ How are homes heated in Belgium?→ Housing stock in Belgium→
2025 · ILC_MDES01

Unable to keep home warm

Belgium : 4.2 % · EU-27 : 8.8 %

20142025
2023 · ILC_LVHE01

Heating-system breakdown

Central heating60.2 %
District heating0.5 %
Individual heating38.5 %
No fixed heating0.7 %
No heating0.0 %
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings5,781,088
Occupied4,949,991
Unoccupied831,09714.4 %
2025 · ILC_LVHE08

Energy-efficiency improvement

Belgium : 30.8 % · EU-27 : 23.8 %

20232025
EUROSTAT · OVERVIEW

Key reading note

Reference years differ by source: heating systems are measured in 2023, several housing-condition indicators in 2025, and housing-stock structure in Census 2021. Percentages from different blocks should therefore not be added together.

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