Housing cost overburden rate in North Macedonia

5.6% of people in North Macedonia spent more than 40% of their disposable income on housing in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2011. 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: 2011 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
North Macedonia, 2024 5.6% % of population
Change from 2023 −2.9percentage points 2023: 8.5%
European Union, 2024 8.2% Official aggregate

Housing cost overburden rate in North Macedonia 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), 2010 to 2025
Period North MacedoniaEuropean Union
2025 – 7.6%
2024 5.6% 8.2%
2023 8.5% 8.8%
2022 8.9% 8.7%
2021 7.8%b (break in time series) 8.7%
2020 8.5% 7.8%
2019 9.9% 9.4%
2018 10.2% 9.6%e (estimated)
2017 11.7% 10.1%e (estimated)
2016 12.5% 10.9%e (estimated)
2015 12.3% 11.2%e (estimated)
2014 15.6% 11.5%e (estimated)
2013 17.6% 11.6%
2012 20.1% 11.5%
2011 19.5% 10.6%
2010 – 10.0%

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

In short

  • That is a change of −2.9 percentage points from 8.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15.6%, the figure has changed by −10.0 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.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 8.2%.

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
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ilc_lvho07a · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A unit=PC rskpovth=TOTAL age=TOTAL sex=T
Observation period
2011 to 2024 for North Macedonia
Provider update
29 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Source: Eurostat