Housing cost overburden rate in Iceland
13.1% of people in Iceland spent more than 40% of their disposable income on housing in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest since 2006.
The latest value for Iceland is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Iceland, 2020
13.1%
Change from 2019
+0.5percentage points
European Union, 2020
7.8%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2020
6.9%
Housing cost overburden rate in Iceland over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 7.6% |
| 2024 | – | 8.2% |
| 2023 | – | 8.8% |
| 2022 | – | 8.7% |
| 2021 | – | 8.7% |
| 2020 | 13.1% | 7.8% |
| 2019 | 12.6% | 9.4% |
| 2018 | 8.9% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 8.4% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 6.3% | 10.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 8.2% | 11.2%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 8.1% | 11.5%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 8.8% | 11.6% |
| 2012 | 9.0% | 11.5% |
| 2011 | 11.3% | 10.6% |
| 2010 | 9.6% | 10.0% |
| 2009 | 9.5% | – |
| 2008 | 11.4% | – |
| 2007 | 10.5% | – |
| 2006 | 14.3% | – |
| 2005 | 12.5% | – |
| 2004 | 10.3% | – |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 12.6% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 9.6%, the figure has changed by +3.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2020 was 7.8%.