Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Sweden
Sweden: Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status was 10.8 in 2025. β² Rising
Latest (2025)
10.8
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
8th
of 37 countries
All-time high
10.9
in 2023
All-time low
7.8
in 2010
Years of data
22
2004β2025
Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Sweden, 2004β2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 10.8 for housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Sweden peaked at 10.9 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.8, in 2010.
Sweden ranks 8th of 37 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.42 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 6 |
| 2010s | 8.67 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.7 | 8.3 | 10.9 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 5 Norway 13.5 compare
- 6 Iceland 13.1 compare
- 7 Germany 11.2 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
- 10 Estonia 8.8 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
More urban development data for Sweden
- Population in the largest city 18.4% (2025)
- Population density 25.87 people per sq. km of land area (2023)
- PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 5.26 micrograms per cubic meter (2023)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 1.74 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, annual 1.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, per capita 0.164 units per person (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 4.17 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Population in largest city 1.74 million (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 146.58 Hectares (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Sweden?
- Housing cost overburden rate by tenure status in Sweden was 10.8 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest housing cost overburden rate by tenure status recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 10.9 in 2023.
- What is the lowest housing cost overburden rate by tenure status recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8 in 2010.
- How does Sweden rank for housing cost overburden rate by tenure status?
- Sweden ranks 8th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is housing cost overburden rate by tenure status rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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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