European ranking
24 / 27
No change from the previous year
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for House price to income ratio in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: House price to income ratio
Latest value
85.80 Index, long-term average = 100
European ranking
24 / 27
No change from the previous year
Compared with Europe
-11.3 puntos
Italy is 11.3 points below the European average.
EU: 97.13
Affected population
58.9M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: House price to income ratio
Granularity: Regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
Italy performs more favourably than the European benchmark on House price to income ratio, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
In Italy, Price to income stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 85.8 index points versus 97.1 index points in 2024, a large gap of 11.3 index points.
In Italy, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 91.19 in 2019 to 85.79 in 2024. The latest value changes little from 85.68 in 2023, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
In Italy, 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 deterioration and warrant monitoring.