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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.