Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Serbia
Serbia: Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status was 7.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Serbia, 2013–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Serbia is 7.9%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.7% on the previous year and down 76.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Serbia peaked at 33.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7.9%, in 2025.
Serbia ranks 16th of 49 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Serbia, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 28.0% | — |
| 2014 | 31.7% | +13.2% |
| 2015 | 33.7% | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 31.0% | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 33.6% | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 31.3% | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 22.7% | -27.5% |
| 2020 | 19.5% | -14.1% |
| 2021 | 16.6% | -14.9% |
| 2022 | 14.8% | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 15.4% | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 11.4% | -26.0% |
| 2025 | 7.9% | -30.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 30.3% | 22.7% | 33.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 14.3% | 7.9% | 19.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 13 Montenegro 8.7% compare
- 14 Czechia 8.2% compare
- 15 Luxembourg 8.1% compare
- 16 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 7.9% compare
- 16 Serbia 7.9% compare
- 19 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 7.6% compare
More urban development data for Serbia
- Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by 29,031 Number (2025)
- Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by degree of 12.28 million Number (2025)
- Housing cost overburden rate by NUTS 2 region 7.9% (2025)
- Expenditure on housing function by type of benefit and means-testing 3.83 Million euro (2024)
- Wagons and their load capacity by type of wagons 4,276 Number (2024)
- Average number of rooms per person by tenure status and dwelling type 1.1 Average (2025)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate after deducting housing costs by age and sex 31.3% (2025)
- Total housing costs in pps 336.8 Purchasing power standard (PPS) (2025)
- Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and 16.2% (2025)
- Seat/berth capacity of passenger railway vehicles 22 Thousand (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Serbia?
- Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status in Serbia was 7.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status recorded in Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 33.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.9% in 2025.
- How does Serbia rank for housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status?
- Serbia ranks 16th out of 49 countries with data for 2025.
- Is housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Serbia 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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