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Portugal: Housing cost overburden rate

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

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

Country overview

Portugal

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

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Latest value

6.30 Percentage of population

Burden rank in Europe

European ranking unavailable

vs Europe burden

-2.0 puntos

Portugal is 2.0 points below the European average.

EU: 8.28

Data year

2025

EU context

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Editorial note

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Country Portugal Indicator Housing cost overburden rate Year 2025

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Indicator ecosystem

Topic overview for Housing. Each card compares Portugal against Europe.

Housing cost overburden rate

Open trend

Latest: 6.30 Percentage of population Europe benchmark: 8.28 Percentage of population Year: 2025

Internal regions

Embedded regional ranking preview with real regional values and shared semantic bars.

Indicator: Housing cost overburden rate

Granularity: Regions

Context Top, middle, and bottom regional positions for Portugal
  1. 1

    Área Metropolitana de Lisboa

    +58.70

    10.00

  2. 2

    Algarve

    +36.50

    8.60

  3. 3

    Alentejo

    +6.30

    6.70

  4. 4

    Região Autónoma da Madeira

    -7.90

    5.80

  5. 5

    Norte

    -19.00

    5.10

  6. 6

    Região Autónoma da Madeira

    -20.60

    5.00

  7. 7

    Centro (PT)

    -27.00

    4.60

  8. 8

    Região Autónoma dos Açores

    -30.20

    4.40

  9. 9

    Região Autónoma dos Açores

    -41.30

    3.70

Editorial insights

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Country view

Portugal records 6.3 compared with a European average of 8.3 in 2025.

Regional contrasts in Portugal

Within Portugal, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa records the highest value for Housing burden (10.00), while Região Autónoma dos Açores records the lowest (3.70).

Área Metropolitana de Lisboa versus the national value

Área Metropolitana de Lisboa stands 3.70 points above the national value for Portugal on Housing burden.

Editorial summary

Key takeaways

  • Portugal records 6.3 compared with a European average of 8.3 in 2025.
  • Highest region: Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
  • Highest value: 10.0
  • Lowest region: Região Autónoma dos Açores
  • Lowest value: 3.7