Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group … country in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026): Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group … country was 17.5 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group of country of birth in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026), 2009–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
The most recent figure for housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group of country of birth in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) is 17.5, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group of country of birth in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) peaked at 28.6 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 17.5, in 2025.
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) ranks 11th of 31 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group … country in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 21.2 | — |
| 2010 | 21 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 24.8 | +18.1% |
| 2014 | 28.6 | +15.3% |
| 2015 | 23.4 | -18.2% |
| 2016 | 24.5 | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 20.2 | -17.6% |
| 2018 | 21 | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 20.4 | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 20.1 | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 17.5 | -12.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.2 | 21.2 | 21.2 | 1 |
| 2010s | 22.99 | 20.2 | 28.6 | 8 |
| 2020s | 18.8 | 17.5 | 20.1 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)
More population data for Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)
- Household final consumption expenditure by durability - annual data 115.13 (2025)
- Household final consumption expenditure by purpose 109.56 (2022)
- Households - level of internet access 94.55 (2025)
- Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population 13.2 (2021)
- Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by age, sex and 37.8 (2021)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate of persons living in single-person households 26.2 (2021)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 45.9 (2021)
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 27.3 (2021)
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 13.6 (2021)
- Overcrowding rate by household type - total population 12.4 (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group of country of birth in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group of country of birth in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) was 17.5 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group of country of birth recorded in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- The highest recorded value was 28.6 in 2014.
- What is the lowest housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group of country of birth recorded in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.5 in 2025.
- How does Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) rank for housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group of country of birth?
- Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) ranks 11th out of 31 countries with data for 2025.
- Is housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group of country of birth rising or falling in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Housing cost overburden rate by age, sex and group of country of birth (total population aged 18 and over). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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