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Households spending over 40% of income on housing

30 European countries compared for 2025, eu average 7.7 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

2.4 %

Cyprus

EU average

7.7 %

27 member states

Median country

6.4 %

half above, half below

Range

2.4 to 26.4

Cyprus - Greece

How to read it

Across 30 countries, the highest value is in Greece (26.4 %) and the lowest in Cyprus (2.4 %).

Half of the countries are above 6.4 % and half below.

The EU average is 7.7 %; 10 of 30 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value fell from 10.0 % in 2010 to 7.7 % in 2025.

Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and poverty status
Percentage · Total · Total · Total

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Housing overburden over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Cyprus in chart	1	Cyprus	2.4	−5.3
Croatia in chart	2	Croatia	3.2	−4.5
Slovakia in chart	3	Slovakia	3.5	−4.2
Slovenia in chart	4	Slovenia	3.5	−4.2
Poland in chart	5	Poland	4.1	−3.6
Finland in chart	6	Finland	4.7	−3.0
Italy in chart	7	Italy	5.0	−2.7
Romania in chart	8	Romania	5.0	−2.7
Ireland in chart	9	Ireland	5.3	−2.4
Hungary in chart	10	Hungary	5.3	−2.4
Latvia in chart	11	Latvia	5.7	−2.0
Lithuania in chart	12	Lithuania	5.7	−2.0
Malta in chart	13	Malta	6.0	−1.7
Austria in chart	14	Austria	6.1	−1.6
Portugal in chart	15	Portugal	6.3	−1.4
France in chart	16	France	6.4	−1.3
Netherlands in chart	17	Netherlands	6.5	−1.2
Belgium in chart	18	Belgium	6.7	−1.0
Bulgaria in chart	19	Bulgaria	6.9	−0.8
Spain in chart	20	Spain	7.2	−0.5
Serbia in chart	21	Serbia non-EU	7.9	+0.2
Luxembourg in chart	22	Luxembourg	8.1	+0.4
Czechia in chart	23	Czechia	8.2	+0.5
Estonia in chart	24	Estonia	8.8	+1.1
Türkiye in chart	25	Türkiye non-EU	10.0	+2.3
Sweden in chart	26	Sweden	10.8	+3.1
Germany in chart	27	Germany	11.2	+3.5
Norway in chart	28	Norway non-EU	13.5	+5.8
Denmark in chart	29	Denmark	23.4	+15.7
Greece in chart	30	Greece	26.4	+18.7

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