European ranking
11 / 27
Worsened by 2 positions since the previous year
Belgium: House price to income ratio
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Country overview
Belgium
Current reading for House price to income ratio in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: House price to income ratio
Latest value
102.40 Index, long-term average = 100
Compared with Europe
+5.3 puntos
Belgium is 5.3 points above the European average.
EU: 97.13
Affected population
11.9M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: House price to income ratio
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At a glance
Belgium performs less favourably than the European benchmark on House price to income ratio, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Belgium
In Belgium, Price to income is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 102.4 index points versus 97.1 index points in 2024, with a gap of 5.3 index points.
Recent trend
In Belgium, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 106.07 in 2019 to 102.44 in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 101.89 in 2023, so the recent reading remains stable.
Reading within the topic
In Belgium, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.