Housing cost overburden rate in Denmark
14.7% of people in Denmark spent more than 40% of their disposable income on housing in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Break in time series”.
Denmark, 2025
14.7%b (Break in time series)
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
European Union, 2025
7.6%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
6.1%
Position in 2025
2nd of 31
Housing cost overburden rate in Denmark over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.7%b (break in time series) | 7.6% |
| 2024 | 14.6% | 8.2% |
| 2023 | 15.4% | 8.8% |
| 2022 | 14.7% | 8.7% |
| 2021 | 15.5% | 8.7% |
| 2020 | 14.1%b (break in time series) | 7.8% |
| 2019 | 15.6% | 9.4% |
| 2018 | 14.7% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 15.7% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 15.1% | 10.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 15.1% | 11.2%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 15.6% | 11.5%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 17.9% | 11.6% |
| 2012 | 16.7% | 11.5% |
| 2011 | 18.5%b (break in time series) | 10.6% |
| 2010 | 21.9% | 10.0% |
| 2009 | 24.2% | – |
| 2008 | 17.1% | – |
| 2007 | 13.4% | – |
| 2006 | 16.1% | – |
| 2005 | 13.6% | – |
Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 14.6% in 2024. The source marks a break in the series at 2025, so part of this change may come from a change in method.
- Since 2015, when it was 15.1%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Denmark has the 2nd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.6%.