Housing cost overburden rate
People living in households where total housing costs, net of housing allowances, are more than 40% of disposable income net of housing allowances.
31 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.6% | 11.2% | 6.4% | 7.2% |
| 2024 | 8.2% | 12.0% | 7.0% | 7.8% |
| 2023 | 8.8% | 13.0%b (break in time series) | 6.5% | 8.2% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | 11.9% | 6.5%b (break in time series) | 9.2% |
| 2021 | 8.7% | 11.0% | – | 9.9% |
| 2020 | 7.8% | 9.0%b (break in time series) | 5.6%b (break in time series) | 8.2% |
| 2019 | 9.4% | 13.9% | 5.5% | 8.5% |
| 2018 | 9.6%e (estimated) | 14.2% | 4.7% | 8.9% |
| 2017 | 10.1%e (estimated) | 14.5% | 5.0% | 9.8% |
| 2016 | 10.9%e (estimated) | 15.8% | 5.2% | 10.2% |
| 2015 | 11.2%e (estimated) | 15.6% | 5.7% | 10.3% |
| 2014 | 11.5%e (estimated) | 15.9% | 5.1% | 10.9% |
| 2013 | 11.6% | 16.4% | 5.2% | 10.3% |
| 2012 | 11.5% | 16.6% | 5.2% | 10.7% |
| 2011 | 10.6% | 16.1% | 5.2% | 10.0% |
| 2010 | 10.0% | 14.5% | 5.1% | 9.7% |
| 2009 | – | – | 4.0% | 10.4% |
| 2008 | – | – | 4.2% | 9.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2007 | – | – | 5.7% | 8.3% |
| 2006 | – | – | 6.0% | 7.4% |
| 2005 | – | – | 5.3% | 5.3% |
| 2004 | – | – | 5.4% | 4.9% |
Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 31 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Greece (26.4%) and the lowest Cyprus (2.4%).
- Half of the countries are above 6.3% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 8 countries and fell in 21.
- The figure for the European Union was 7.6% in 2025, against 7.8% in 2020 (−0.2 percentage points).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Greece 26.4%
- 2 Denmark 14.7%b (break in time series)
- 3 Norway 13.5%
- 4 Germany 11.2%
- 5 Sweden 10.8%
- 6 Türkiye 10.0%
- 7 Estonia 8.8%
- 8 Czechia 8.2%
- 9 Luxembourg 8.1%b (break in time series)
- 10 Serbia 7.9%
- 11 Spain 7.2%
- 12 Bulgaria 6.9%
- 13 Belgium 6.7%
- 14 Netherlands 6.5%
- 15 France 6.4%
- 16 Portugal 6.3%
- 17 Austria 6.1%
- 18 Malta 6.0%
- 19 Latvia 5.7%
- 20 Lithuania 5.7%p (provisional)
- 21 Hungary 5.3%
- 22 Ireland 5.3%
- 23 Italy 5.0%
- 24 Romania 5.0%
- 25 Finland 4.7%
- 26 Poland 4.1%
- 27 Slovakia 3.5%b (break in time series)
- 28 Slovenia 3.5%
- 29 Croatia 3.2%
- 30 Albania 2.6%
- 31 Cyprus 2.4%
- European Union 7.6%
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.