European ranking
30 / 30
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for Housing cost overburden rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Housing cost overburden rate
Latest value
2.40 Percentage of population
European ranking
30 / 30
Compared with Europe
-5.4 puntos
Cyprus is 5.4 points below the European average.
EU: 7.79
Affected population
983.0K
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Housing cost overburden rate
Granularity: Regions
Chipre
2.40
Cyprus performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
In Cyprus, Housing burden stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 2.4% versus 7.8% in 2025, a large gap of 5.4 percentage points.
In Cyprus, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 2.40% in 2021 to 2.40% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 2.40% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.
In Cyprus, 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.