Housing cost overburden rate in Switzerland
15.3% of people in Switzerland spent more than 40% of their disposable income on housing in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2009. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Switzerland, 2024
15.3%
Change from 2023
+1.1percentage points
European Union, 2024
8.2%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
7.0%
Housing cost overburden rate in Switzerland over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Switzerland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 7.6% |
| 2024 | 15.3% | 8.2% |
| 2023 | 14.2% | 8.8% |
| 2022 | 13.4% | 8.7% |
| 2021 | 14.8% | 8.7% |
| 2020 | 13.6% | 7.8% |
| 2019 | 14.2% | 9.4% |
| 2018 | 12.8% | 9.6%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 12.7% | 10.1%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 12.0% | 10.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 11.7% | 11.2%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 11.7%b (break in time series) | 11.5%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 10.6% | 11.6% |
| 2012 | 12.1% | 11.5% |
| 2011 | 13.1% | 10.6% |
| 2010 | 14.1% | 10.0% |
| 2009 | 13.2% | – |
Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from 14.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 11.7%, the figure has changed by +3.6 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%.