Financial burden of the total housing cost by country

Countries reporting
37
Highest
55.1
Poland
Lowest
6.2
Netherlands
Median
26.2
Years covered
21
2003–2023
Data points
672

What the numbers show

Financial burden of the total housing cost is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 55.1 in Poland; the lowest is 6.2 in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 26.2, and the mean is 27.29.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 94.8%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 68.1%).

Financial burden of the total housing cost: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Poland 55.1 2023 down 15.0% rising
2 Cyprus 51.4 2023 down 32.3% falling
3 Greece 48.8 2023 up 7.5% rising
4 Serbia 48.5 2023 down 27.6% falling
5 North Macedonia 47.2 2023 down 17.8% falling
6 Spain 38.6 2023 down 33.2% falling
7 Luxembourg 37.6 2023 down 4.8% rising
8 Italy 37.3 2023 down 39.1% falling
9 Romania 37.2 2023 down 7.9% falling
10 Croatia 33.7 2023 down 50.7% falling
11 Ireland 32.6 2023 down 24.7% rising
12 Slovakia 32.1 2023 down 8.8% falling
13 France 31.4 2023 up 6.1% rising
14 Austria 30.2 2023 up 94.8% rising
15 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 28.4 2020 down 15.7% falling
16 Bulgaria 27.2 2023 down 39.6% falling
16 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 27.2 2019 down 23.2% falling
18 Portugal 26.3 2023 down 33.6% flat
19 Belgium 26.2 2023 down 16.3% flat
20 Albania 26 2023 down 38.7% falling
21 Germany 25.2 2023 up 38.5% falling
22 Malta 24.9 2023 down 58.5% falling
22 Slovenia 24.9 2023 down 32.0% falling
24 Switzerland 23.4 2023 down 4.5% rising
25 Czechia 21.3 2023 down 27.8% falling
26 Finland 21.2 2023 up 0.5% falling
27 Montenegro 19.3 2023 down 54.9% falling
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16.8 2018 down 41.1% falling
29 Latvia 15.9 2023 down 65.1% falling
30 Hungary 15.6 2023 down 61.6% falling
31 Iceland 15 2020 down 53.0% rising
32 Estonia 13.9 2023 down 54.1% falling
33 Denmark 13.2 2023 up 37.5% rising
34 Lithuania 11.6 2023 down 68.1% falling
35 Sweden 9.7 2023 up 14.1% falling
36 Norway 8.8 2023 up 83.3% falling
37 Netherlands 6.2 2023 down 50.8% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Financial burden of the total housing cost
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
43 places, 672 data points, 2003–2023
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