Housing cost overburden rate in Sweden
10.8% of people in Sweden spent more than 40% of their disposable income on housing in 2025.
Sweden, 2025
10.8%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
European Union, 2025
7.6%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
6.1%
Position in 2025
5th of 31
Housing cost overburden rate in Sweden over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sweden | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.8% | 7.6% |
| 2024 | 10.6% | 8.2% |
| 2023 | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| 2022 | 9.1% | 8.7% |
| 2021 | 8.5% | 8.7% |
| 2020 | 8.3% | 7.8% |
| 2019 | 9.4% | 9.4% |
| 2018 | 8.3% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 8.4% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 8.5% | 10.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 8.7% | 11.2%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 8.6% | 11.5%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 9.0% | 11.6% |
| 2012 | 8.7% | 11.5% |
| 2011 | 9.3% | 10.6% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | 10.0% |
| 2009 | 10.6% | – |
| 2008 | 10.0%b (break in time series) | – |
| 2007 | 7.9% | – |
| 2006 | 9.6% | – |
| 2005 | 9.2% | – |
| 2004 | 9.2% | – |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 10.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 8.7%, the figure has changed by +2.1 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Sweden has the 5th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.6%.