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Belgium: Housing cost overburden rate

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Country: Belgium Indicator: Housing cost overburden rate Year: 2025

Country overview

Belgium

Current reading for Housing cost overburden rate in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Housing cost overburden rate

Latest value

6.70 Percentage of population

European ranking

13 / 30

Compared with Europe

-1.6 puntos

Belgium is 1.6 points below the European average.

EU: 8.28

Affected population

11.9M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 6.70 Percentage of population Europe benchmark: 7.79 Percentage of population

Internal regions

Embedded regional ranking preview with real regional values and shared semantic bars.

Indicator: Housing cost overburden rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

    +147.80

    16.60

  2. 2

    Prov. Brabant Wallon

    +59.70

    10.70

  3. 3

    Prov. Luxembourg (BE)

    +17.90

    7.90

  4. 4

    Prov. Liège

    +4.50

    7.00

  5. 5

    Prov. Hainaut

    —

    6.70

  6. 6

    Prov. Namur

    -14.90

    5.70

  7. 7

    Prov. Vlaams-Brabant

    -28.40

    4.80

  8. 8

    Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen

    -28.40

    4.80

  9. 9

    Prov. West-Vlaanderen

    -28.40

    4.80

  10. 10

    Prov. Antwerpen

    -32.80

    4.50

  11. 11

    Prov. Limburg (BE)

    -35.80

    4.30

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Belgium performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Belgium

In Belgium, Housing burden is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 6.7% versus 7.8% in 2025, with a gap of 1.1 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Belgium, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 7.60% in 2021 to 6.70% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 6.70% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.

Regional differences in Belgium

In Belgium, regional differences in Housing burden are pronounced. Across 11 comparable regions, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest records the highest value (16.6%) and Prov. Limburg (BE) the lowest (4.3%), a gap of 12.3 percentage points.

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.