Housing cost overburden rate in Estonia

8.8% of people in Estonia spent more than 40% of their disposable income on housing in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Housing cost overburden rate Unit: % of population Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Estonia, 2025 8.8% % of population
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 8.6%
European Union, 2025 7.6% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 6.1% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 7th of 31 See the full ranking

Housing cost overburden rate in Estonia over time

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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Housing cost overburden rate (% of population), 2005 to 2025
Period EstoniaEuropean Union
2025 8.8% 7.6%
2024 8.6% 8.2%
2023 7.6% 8.8%
2022 4.9% 8.7%
2021 4.4% 8.7%
2020 4.4% 7.8%
2019 4.4% 9.4%
2018 4.0% 9.6%e (estimated)
2017 4.8% 10.1%e (estimated)
2016 4.9% 10.9%e (estimated)
2015 6.8% 11.2%e (estimated)
2014 8.3%b (break in time series) 11.5%e (estimated)
2013 7.2% 11.6%
2012 7.9% 11.5%
2011 7.4% 10.6%
2010 6.0% 10.0%
2009 4.4% –
2008 3.6% –
2007 5.2% –
2006 6.8% –
2005 7.9% –

Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 8.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 6.8%, the figure has changed by +2.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Estonia has the 7th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.6%.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
ilc_lvho07a · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A unit=PC rskpovth=TOTAL age=TOTAL sex=T
Observation period
2005 to 2025 for Estonia
Provider update
29 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
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Source: Eurostat