Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025): Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status was 7.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025), 2014–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) is 7.9%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) peaked at 11.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7.9%, in 2025.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025), year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11.4% | — |
| 2015 | 11.3% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 10.9% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 9.7% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 9.8% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 8.0% | -18.4% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | +16.3% |
| 2022 | 8.8% | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 8.9% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 8.5% | -4.5% |
| 2025 | 7.9% | -7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.5% | 9.7% | 11.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 8.6% | 7.9% | 9.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
- 2 Denmark 23.4% compare
- 3 Switzerland 15.3% compare
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.1% compare
- 4 United Kingdom 15.1% compare
- 6 Norway 13.5% compare
- 7 Iceland 13.1% compare
- 8 Germany 11.2% compare
More urban development data for Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)
- Expenditure on housing function by type of benefit and means-testing 57,187 Million euro (2023)
- Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status 7.9% (2025)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate after deducting housing costs by age and sex 29.7% (2025)
- Average number of rooms per person by tenure status and dwelling type 1.7 Average (2025)
- Total housing costs in pps 578.8 Purchasing power standard (PPS) (2025)
- Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and 13.5% (2025)
- Self-reported unmet needs for dental examination by sex, age, main 1.3% (2025)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate by degree of urbanisation 24,000 Thousand persons (2025)
- Average number of rooms per person by degree of urbanization 1.7 Average (2025)
- Severe material deprivation rate by degree of urbanisation 9,579 Thousand persons (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) was 7.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest housing cost overburden rate by tenure status recorded in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 11.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest housing cost overburden rate by tenure status recorded in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.9% in 2025.
- How does Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) rank for housing cost overburden rate by tenure status?
- Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) ranks 5th out of 6 regions with data for 2025.
- Is housing cost overburden rate by tenure status rising or falling in Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) 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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