Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status by country

Countries reporting
38
Highest
26.4%
Greece
Lowest
2.1%
Albania
Median
6.5%
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
776

What the numbers show

Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 26.4% in Greece; the lowest is 2.1% in Albania.

The median across all reporting countries is 6.5%, and the mean is 8.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 445.5%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 77.2%).

Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Greece 26.4% 2025 down 42.0% rising
2 Denmark 23.4% 2025 up 55.0% flat
3 Switzerland 15.3% 2024 up 30.8% rising
4 United Kingdom 15.1% 2018 down 7.4% falling
5 Norway 13.5% 2025 up 42.1% rising
6 Iceland 13.1% 2020 up 36.5% falling
7 Germany 11.2% 2025 down 28.2% falling
8 Sweden 10.8% 2025 up 24.1% rising
9 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 10.1% 2019 up 2.0% flat
10 Türkiye 10.0% 2025 down 4.8% flat
11 Estonia 8.8% 2025 up 29.4% rising
12 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 8.7% 2021 down 17.9% rising
13 Czechia 8.2% 2025 down 21.2% falling
14 Luxembourg 8.1% 2025 up 35.0% rising
15 Serbia 7.9% 2025 down 76.6% falling
16 Spain 7.2% 2025 down 30.1% falling
17 Bulgaria 6.9% 2025 down 53.4% falling
18 Belgium 6.7% 2025 down 28.7% falling
19 Netherlands 6.5% 2025 down 56.4% falling
20 France 6.4% 2025 up 12.3% rising
21 Portugal 6.2% 2025 down 31.9% falling
22 Austria 6.1% 2025 down 4.7% rising
22 Montenegro 6.1% 2023 down 69.2% falling
24 Malta 6.0% 2025 up 445.5% volatile
25 Latvia 5.7% 2025 down 29.6% falling
25 Lithuania 5.7% 2025 down 37.4% falling
27 North Macedonia 5.6% 2024 down 64.1% falling
28 Ireland 5.4% 2025 up 14.9% rising
29 Hungary 5.3% 2025 down 38.4% falling
30 Romania 5.0% 2025 down 68.6% falling
30 Italy 5.0% 2025 down 41.9% falling
32 Finland 4.7% 2025 down 4.1% rising
33 Poland 4.1% 2025 down 52.9% falling
34 Slovakia 3.5% 2025 down 61.5% falling
34 Slovenia 3.5% 2025 down 42.6% falling
36 Croatia 3.2% 2025 down 55.6% falling
37 Cyprus 2.4% 2025 down 38.5% falling
38 Albania 2.1% 2023 down 77.2% falling

About this data

Indicator
Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status
Unit
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
44 places, 776 data points, 2003–2025
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