Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex was 15.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and in Luxembourg, 2003–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and in Luxembourg stood at 15.2%.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 90.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and in Luxembourg peaked at 15.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 2021.
Luxembourg ranks 14th of 49 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 9.8% | — |
| 2004 | 9.1% | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 8.7% | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 8.9% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 9.0% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 8.3% | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 8.7% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 8.1% | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 7.9% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 8.5% | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 8.1% | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 7.9% | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 8.0% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 9.2% | +15.0% |
| 2017 | 9.0% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 10.4% | +15.6% |
| 2019 | 10.0% | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 9.8% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | -31.6% |
| 2022 | 12.6% | +88.1% |
| 2023 | 14.9% | +18.3% |
| 2024 | 15.3% | +2.7% |
| 2025 | 15.2% | -0.7% |
Luxembourg compared with similar countries
- Luxembourg's 15.2% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12.4%, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Luxembourg's 15.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 12.6%, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex in Luxembourg changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +88.1% | 6.7% | 12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.9% | 8.3% | 9.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 8.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.4% | 6.7% | 15.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
- 11 Serbia 16.2% compare
- 11 Serbia 16.2% compare
- 13 Finland 15.5% compare
- 15 Netherlands 14.1% compare
- 15 Netherlands 14.1% compare
- 17 Bulgaria 13.6% compare
- 17 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 13.6% compare
More urban development data for Luxembourg
- Population density 262.97 people per sq. km of land area (2024)
- PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure 7.43 micrograms per cubic meter (2023)
- Crude steelmaking capacity 1.4 Tonnes (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 11.54 Hectares (2020)
- Establishments, bedrooms and bed-places in tourist accommodation, by 372 Number (2025)
- PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO 68.8% (2017)
- Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by degree of 3.58 million Number (2025)
- Housing cost overburden rate by NUTS 2 region 8.1% (2025)
- Expenditure on housing function by type of benefit and means-testing 87.69 Million euro (2024)
- Wagons and their load capacity by type of wagons 3,622 Number (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and in Luxembourg?
- Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and in Luxembourg was 15.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 15.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 2021.
- How does Luxembourg rank for median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and?
- Luxembourg ranks 14th out of 49 countries with data for 2025.
- Is median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and poverty status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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