Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Netherlands
Netherlands: Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status was 6.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Netherlands, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 6.5% for housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and down 56.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Netherlands peaked at 20.2% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 6.5%, in 2025.
Netherlands ranks 21st of 47 countries on this measure, 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 Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 20.2% | — |
| 2006 | 19.7% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 18.3% | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 13.7% | -25.1% |
| 2009 | 13.1% | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 14.0% | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 14.5% | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 14.4% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 15.7% | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 15.4% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 14.9% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 10.7% | -28.2% |
| 2017 | 9.4% | -12.1% |
| 2018 | 9.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9.9% | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 8.3% | -16.2% |
| 2021 | 8.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | +20.5% |
| 2023 | 9.3% | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 6.9% | -25.8% |
| 2025 | 6.5% | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.0% | 13.1% | 20.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 12.8% | 9.4% | 15.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.2% | 6.5% | 10.0% | 6 |
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More urban development data for Netherlands
- Population in the largest city 6.9% (2025)
- Population density 530.95 people per sq. km of land area (2023)
- PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 8.59 micrograms per cubic meter (2023)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita 0.1225 units per person (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 2.22 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, annual 0.5314 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per unit 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per square 65.1 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Population in largest city 1.19 million (2025)
- PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO 99.6% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Netherlands?
- Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Netherlands was 6.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 20.2% in 2005.
- What is the lowest housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5% in 2025.
- How does Netherlands rank for housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status?
- Netherlands ranks 21st out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands 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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