Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Belgium
Belgium: Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status was 6.7 in 2025. βΌ Falling
Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Belgium, 2004β2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
The most recent figure for housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Belgium is 6.7, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Belgium peaked at 12.6 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 6.7, in 2024.
That places Belgium 17th out of 37 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.38 | 8.6 | 12.6 | 6 |
| 2010s | 9.64 | 8.4 | 11 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.33 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 6 |
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More urban development data for Belgium
- Population in the largest city 20.5% (2025)
- Population density 386.3 people per sq. km of land area (2023)
- PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 8.45 micrograms per cubic meter (2023)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 3.21 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita 0.2685 units per person (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, annual 0.4106 % 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 104.26 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Population in largest city 2.14 million (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 261.1 Hectares (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Belgium?
- Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Belgium was 6.7 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest housing cost overburden rate by tenure status recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 12.6 in 2004.
- What is the lowest housing cost overburden rate by tenure status recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7 in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for housing cost overburden rate by tenure status?
- Belgium ranks 17th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is housing cost overburden rate by tenure status rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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