Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Latvia
Latvia: Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status was 5.7 in 2025. βΌ Falling
Latest (2025)
5.7
Change on year
down 14.9%
World rank
24th
of 37 countries
All-time high
12.5
in 2011
All-time low
4.8
in 2020
Years of data
19
2007β2025
Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Latvia, 2007β2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 5.7 for housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.9% on the previous year and down 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Latvia peaked at 12.5 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4.8, in 2020.
Latvia ranks 24th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.3 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 3 |
| 2010s | 8.86 | 5.4 | 12.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.78 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More urban development data for Latvia
- Population in the largest city 48.6% (2025)
- Population density 30.27 people per sq. km of land area (2023)
- PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 13.01 micrograms per cubic meter (2023)
- Population in largest city 615,764 (2025)
- Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by 1,345 (2025)
- PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO 89.0% (2017)
- Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by degree of 4.69 million (2024)
- Housing cost overburden rate by NUTS 2 region 5.7 (2025)
- Expenditure on housing function by type of benefit and means-testing 44.99 (2024)
- Wagons and their load capacity by type of wagons 4,920 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Latvia?
- Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Latvia was 5.7 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest housing cost overburden rate by tenure status recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.5 in 2011.
- What is the lowest housing cost overburden rate by tenure status recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8 in 2020.
- How does Latvia rank for housing cost overburden rate by tenure status?
- Latvia ranks 24th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is housing cost overburden rate by tenure status rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia 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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