Housing cost overburden rate in Portugal
6.3% of people in Portugal spent more than 40% of their disposable income on housing in 2025.
Portugal, 2025
6.3%
Change from 2024
−0.6percentage points
European Union, 2025
7.6%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
6.1%
Position in 2025
16th of 31
Housing cost overburden rate in Portugal over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Portugal | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.3% | 7.6% |
| 2024 | 6.9% | 8.2% |
| 2023 | 4.9% | 8.8% |
| 2022 | 5.0% | 8.7% |
| 2021 | 5.9% | 8.7% |
| 2020 | 4.1% | 7.8% |
| 2019 | 5.7% | 9.4% |
| 2018 | 5.7% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 6.7% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 7.5% | 10.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 9.1% | 11.2%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 9.2% | 11.5%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 8.3% | 11.6% |
| 2012 | 8.3% | 11.5% |
| 2011 | 7.2% | 10.6% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | 10.0% |
| 2009 | 6.1% | – |
| 2008 | 7.6% | – |
| 2007 | 7.4% | – |
| 2006 | 4.5% | – |
| 2005 | 4.3% | – |
| 2004 | 4.7% | – |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 6.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 9.1%, the figure has changed by −2.8 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Portugal has the 16th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.6%.