Distribution of population by housing cost burden and household type by country
Countries reporting
37
Highest
94.3
Greece
Lowest
22.5
Albania
Median
42.1
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
808
What the numbers show
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and household type is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 94.3 in Greece; the lowest is 22.5 in Albania.
The median across all reporting countries is 42.1, and the mean is 44.65.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 54.1%).
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and household type: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 94.3 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 79.4 | 2025 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 3 | Switzerland | 70.9 | 2024 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 4 | Sweden | 69.4 | 2025 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 5 | Netherlands | 66.3 | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 6 | Norway | 57.3 | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 7 | Czechia | 56 | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 8 | Serbia | 53.7 | 2025 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 9 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 53.6 | 2018 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 10 | Belgium | 52.8 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 11 | Germany | 51.4 | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 12 | European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) | 50.1 | 2019 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 13 | Iceland | 49.4 | 2020 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 47.6 | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 45.5 | 2025 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 16 | France | 45.1 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 17 | Finland | 44.4 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 18 | Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) | 44.1 | 2021 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 19 | Slovakia | 42.1 | 2025 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 20 | Malta | 40.8 | 2025 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 40.1 | 2025 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 22 | Austria | 39.7 | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 38.9 | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 24 | Estonia | 37.2 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 25 | Latvia | 35.6 | 2025 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 26 | Romania | 34.1 | 2025 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 26 | Hungary | 34.1 | 2025 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 28 | Montenegro | 33.8 | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 29 | Spain | 33 | 2025 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 30 | Slovenia | 32.6 | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 31 | Italy | 29 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 32 | Croatia | 28.2 | 2025 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 33 | Portugal | 25.8 | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 34 | Ireland | 25.3 | 2025 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 35 | Cyprus | 24.6 | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 36 | Lithuania | 23.4 | 2025 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 37 | Albania | 22.5 | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.