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Poland: Housing cost overburden rate

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

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

Country overview

Poland

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

Eurostat indicator: Housing cost overburden rate

Latest value

4.10 Percentage of population

European ranking

26 / 30

Compared with Europe

-4.2 puntos

Poland is 4.2 points below the European average.

EU: 8.28

Affected population

36.5M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 4.10 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

    Łódzkie

    +34.10

    5.50

  2. 2

    Kujawsko-Pomorskie

    +34.10

    5.50

  3. 3

    Dolnośląskie

    +31.70

    5.40

  4. 4

    Pomorskie

    +29.30

    5.30

  5. 5

    Warszawski stołeczny

    +26.80

    5.20

  6. 6

    Opolskie

    +14.60

    4.70

  7. 7

    Wielkopolskie

    +4.90

    4.30

  8. 8

    Lubelskie

    +2.40

    4.20

  9. 9

    Śląskie

    -7.30

    3.80

  10. 10

    Zachodniopomorskie

    -7.30

    3.80

  11. 11

    Małopolskie

    -14.60

    3.50

  12. 12

    Warmińsko-Mazurskie

    -19.50

    3.30

  13. 13

    Mazowiecki regionalny

    -36.60

    2.60

  14. 14

    Świętokrzyskie

    -36.60

    2.60

  15. 15

    Lubuskie

    -39.00

    2.50

  16. 16

    Podkarpackie

    -43.90

    2.30

  17. 17

    Podlaskie

    -48.80

    2.10

More context on this indicator

At a glance

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

European comparison in Poland

In Poland, Housing burden is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.1% versus 7.8% in 2025, with a gap of 3.7 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Poland, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 5.70% in 2021 to 4.10% in 2025. The latest step, from 5.20% in 2024 to 4.10% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.

Regional differences in Poland

In Poland, Housing burden shows noticeable regional variation. Across 17 comparable regions, Kujawsko-Pomorskie records the highest value (5.5%) and Podlaskie the lowest (2.1%), a gap of 3.4 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Poland, 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.