Housing cost overburden rate in Italy
5.0% of people in Italy spent more than 40% of their disposable income on housing in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2004.
Italy, 2025
5.0%
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
European Union, 2025
7.6%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
6.1%
Position in 2025
23rd of 31
Housing cost overburden rate in Italy over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Italy | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.0% | 7.6% |
| 2024 | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| 2023 | 5.7% | 8.8% |
| 2022 | 6.6% | 8.7% |
| 2021 | 7.2% | 8.7% |
| 2020 | 7.2% | 7.8% |
| 2019 | 8.7% | 9.4% |
| 2018 | 8.2% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 8.2% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 9.6% | 10.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 8.6% | 11.2%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 8.5% | 11.5%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 8.9% | 11.6% |
| 2012 | 8.1% | 11.5% |
| 2011 | 8.7% | 10.6% |
| 2010 | 7.7% | 10.0% |
| 2009 | 7.8% | – |
| 2008 | 8.3% | – |
| 2007 | 7.5% | – |
| 2006 | 12.2% | – |
| 2005 | 12.6% | – |
| 2004 | 12.2% | – |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 5.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 8.6%, the figure has changed by −3.6 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Italy has the 23rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.6%.
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