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Greece: Housing cost overburden rate

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

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

Country overview

Greece

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

Eurostat indicator: Housing cost overburden rate

Latest value

26.40 Percentage of population

European ranking

1 / 30

Compared with Europe

+18.1 puntos

Greece is 18.1 points above the European average.

EU: 8.28

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 26.40 Percentage of population Europe benchmark: 7.79 Percentage of population

Internal regions

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Indicator: Housing cost overburden rate

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

    +28.40

    33.90

  2. 2

    Peloponnisos

    +26.10

    33.30

  3. 3

    Kentriki Makedonia

    +22.30

    32.30

  4. 4

    Sterea Ellada

    +13.30

    29.90

  5. 5

    Thessalia

    +2.70

    27.10

  6. 6

    Ipeiros

    +0.80

    26.60

  7. 7

    Notio Aigaio

    -0.40

    26.30

  8. 8

    Ionia Nisia

    -3.40

    25.50

  9. 9

    Dytiki Ellada

    -7.60

    24.40

  10. 10

    Attiki

    -11.00

    23.50

  11. 11

    Dytiki Makedonia

    -11.70

    23.30

  12. 12

    Voreio Aigaio

    -20.80

    20.90

  13. 13

    Kriti

    -29.90

    18.50

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Greece performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Greece

In Greece, Housing burden stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 26.4% versus 7.8% in 2025, a large gap of 18.6 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Greece, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 28.80% in 2021 to 26.40% in 2025. The latest step, from 28.90% in 2024 to 26.40% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.

Regional differences in Greece

In Greece, Housing burden shows noticeable regional variation. Across 13 comparable regions, Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki records the highest value (33.9%) and Kriti the lowest (18.5%), a gap of 15.4 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Greece, the evidence for Housing & Energy Stress leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.