Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Estonia
Estonia: Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status was 8.8 in 2025. β² Rising
Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Estonia, 2006β2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
In 2025, housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Estonia stood at 8.8. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Estonia peaked at 8.8 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.6, in 2008.
That places Estonia 10th out of 37 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 4 |
| 2010s | 6.17 | 4 | 8.3 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.45 | 4.4 | 8.8 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 7 Germany 11.2 compare
- 8 Sweden 10.8 compare
- 9 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 10.1 compare
- 11 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 8.7 compare
- 12 Czechia 8.2 compare
- 13 Luxembourg 8.1 compare
More urban development data for Estonia
- Population in the largest city 47.4% (2025)
- Population density 32.07 people per sq. km of land area (2023)
- PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 5.92 micrograms per cubic meter (2023)
- Population in largest city 457,657 (2025)
- Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by 1,233 (2025)
- PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO 0.0% (2017)
- Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by degree of 6.65 million (2024)
- Housing cost overburden rate by NUTS 2 region 8.8 (2025)
- Expenditure on housing function by type of benefit and means-testing 26.89 (2024)
- Wagons and their load capacity by type of wagons 8,572 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Estonia?
- Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Estonia was 8.8 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest housing cost overburden rate by tenure status recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8 in 2025.
- What is the lowest housing cost overburden rate by tenure status recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6 in 2008.
- How does Estonia rank for housing cost overburden rate by tenure status?
- Estonia ranks 10th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is housing cost overburden rate by tenure status rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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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