European ranking
28 / 30
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for Housing cost overburden rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Housing cost overburden rate
Latest value
3.50 Percentage of population
European ranking
28 / 30
Compared with Europe
-4.8 puntos
Slovakia is 4.8 points below the European average.
EU: 8.28
Affected population
5.4M
Year: 2025
Embedded regional ranking preview with real regional values and shared semantic bars.
Indicator: Housing cost overburden rate
Granularity: Regions
Západné Slovensko
4.90
Stredné Slovensko
3.30
Východné Slovensko
2.70
BratislavskĂ˝ kraj
1.60
Slovakia 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.
In Slovakia, Housing burden is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 3.5% versus 7.8% in 2025, with a gap of 4.3 percentage points.
In Slovakia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 7.10% in 2021 to 3.50% in 2025. The latest step, from 6.40% in 2024 to 3.50% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
In Slovakia, Housing burden shows noticeable regional variation. Across 4 comparable regions, Western Slovakia records the highest value (4.9%) and Bratislava Region the lowest (1.6%), a gap of 3.3 percentage points.
In Slovakia, 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 improvement.