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Heating and buildings in Sweden

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

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
Unable to keep home warm4.7 %2025 · ilc_mdes01
Energy-efficiency improvement31.0 %2025 · ilc_lvhe08
District heating59.5 %2023 · ilc_lvhe01
Conventional dwellings5,510,1952021 · Census
Home energy poverty in Sweden→ How are homes heated in Sweden?→ Housing stock in Sweden→
2025 · ILC_MDES01

Unable to keep home warm

Sweden : 4.7 % · EU-27 : 8.8 %

20142025
2023 · ILC_LVHE01

Heating-system breakdown

Central heating1.4 %
District heating59.5 %
Individual heating35.7 %
No fixed heating0.3 %
No heating0.1 %
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings5,510,195
Occupied4,527,565
Unoccupied982,63017.8 %
2025 · ILC_LVHE08

Energy-efficiency improvement

Sweden : 31.0 % · 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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