Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex in Netherlands
Netherlands: Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex was 14.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and in Netherlands, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and in Netherlands stood at 14.1%. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and in Netherlands peaked at 28.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 14.1%, in 2025.
Netherlands ranks 15th of 49 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 27.9% | — |
| 2006 | 28.0% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 27.1% | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 26.0% | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 25.4% | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 25.9% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 26.5% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 26.7% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 26.8% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 26.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 26.3% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 19.6% | -25.5% |
| 2017 | 18.2% | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 17.8% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 17.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 16.4% | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 15.3% | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 16.4% | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 16.3% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 14.4% | -11.7% |
| 2025 | 14.1% | -2.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex in Netherlands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -25.5% | 26.3% | 19.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.9% | 25.4% | 28.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 23.2% | 17.8% | 26.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.5% | 14.1% | 16.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 13 Finland 15.5% compare
- 14 Luxembourg 15.2% 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
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- Wagons and their load capacity by type of wagons 33,947 Number (2024)
- Road freight transport by load capacity (LC) of vehicle and type of 61,959 Million tonne-kilometre (TKM) (2025)
- Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status 6.5% (2025)
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- At-risk-of-poverty rate after deducting housing costs by age and sex 27.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and in Netherlands?
- Median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and in Netherlands was 14.1% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 28.0% in 2006.
- What is the lowest median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.1% in 2025.
- How does Netherlands rank for median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and?
- Netherlands ranks 15th out of 49 countries with data for 2025.
- Is median of the housing cost burden distribution by age, sex and rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands 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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