Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Spain
Spain: Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status was 7.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Spain, 2007–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Spain stood at 7.2%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Spain peaked at 10.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 2025.
Spain ranks 16th of 38 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 | 9.4% | 8.3% | 10.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 9.9% | 8.5% | 10.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 7.2% | 9.9% | 6 |
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More urban development data for Spain
- Population in the largest city 17.1% (2025)
- Population density 96.76 people per sq. km of land area (2023)
- PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 10.08 micrograms per cubic meter (2023)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 12.54 million (2025)
- Population in largest city 6.81 million (2025)
- Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by d 59,584 (2025)
- PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guidel 41.1% (2017)
- Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by degree of urba 505.17 million (2024)
- Housing cost overburden rate by NUTS 2 region 7.2 (2025)
- Expenditure on housing function by type of benefit and means-testing 1,909 Million euro (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Spain?
- Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Spain was 7.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest housing cost overburden rate by tenure status recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 10.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest housing cost overburden rate by tenure status recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 2025.
- How does Spain rank for housing cost overburden rate by tenure status?
- Spain ranks 16th out of 38 countries with data for 2025.
- Is housing cost overburden rate by tenure status rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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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