Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Lithuania
Lithuania: Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status was 5.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Lithuania, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Lithuania is 5.7%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% on the previous year and down 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Lithuania peaked at 11.1% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2020.
That places Lithuania 28th out of 47 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9.0% | — |
| 2006 | 6.9% | -23.3% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | -30.4% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 5.6% | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 10.6% | +89.3% |
| 2011 | 11.1% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 8.9% | -19.8% |
| 2013 | 8.2% | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 7.1% | -13.4% |
| 2015 | 9.1% | +28.2% |
| 2016 | 7.8% | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 7.2% | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 5.6% | -22.2% |
| 2019 | 4.8% | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 2.7% | -43.7% |
| 2021 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3.5% | +29.6% |
| 2023 | 5.2% | +48.6% |
| 2024 | 6.2% | +19.2% |
| 2025 | 5.7% | -8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.3% | 4.8% | 9.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 8.0% | 4.8% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 2.7% | 6.2% | 6 |
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More urban development data for Lithuania
- Population in the largest city 27.1% (2025)
- Population density 45.87 people per sq. km of land area (2023)
- PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 10.75 micrograms per cubic meter (2023)
- Population in largest city 541,517 (2025)
- Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by 4,314 Number (2025)
- PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO 96.0% (2017)
- Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by degree of 8.64 million Number (2024)
- Housing cost overburden rate by NUTS 2 region 5.7% (2025)
- Expenditure on housing function by type of benefit and means-testing 69.67 Million euro (2023)
- Wagons and their load capacity by type of wagons 6,114 Number (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Lithuania?
- Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Lithuania was 5.7% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 11.1% in 2011.
- What is the lowest housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2020.
- How does Lithuania rank for housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status?
- Lithuania ranks 28th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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