European ranking
15 / 27
Worsened by 3 positions since the previous year
Ireland: House price to income ratio
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Ireland
Current reading for House price to income ratio in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: House price to income ratio
Latest value
97.30 Index, long-term average = 100
Compared with Europe
+0.2 puntos
Ireland is 0.2 points above the European average.
EU: 97.13
Affected population
5.4M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: House price to income ratio
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At a glance
Ireland performs less favourably than the European benchmark on House price to income ratio, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Ireland
In Ireland, Price to income is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 97.3 index points versus 97.1 index points in 2024, a gap of 0.2 index points.
Recent trend
In Ireland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 96.66 in 2019 to 97.32 in 2024. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 95.79 in 2023 to 97.32 in 2024, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Reading within the topic
In Ireland, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.