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Housing Affordability country ranking

Countries ranked by Housing Affordability across Europe.

Indicator: housing_cost_overburden Year: 2025 Granularity: country

Ranking controls

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Eurostat indicator: Housing cost overburden rate

Burden ranking

Countries most affected by housing

Higher values indicate higher burden.

Top country: Greece · Lowest in ranking: Cyprus

Editorial summary

Key takeaways

  • Top country: Greece · Lowest in ranking: Cyprus
  • Housing Affordability ranking uses country scope for year 2025.
  • Top position: Greece (26.40).
  • Lower end: Cyprus (2.40).
  • Current ranking includes 30 countries.

Editorial detail

Editorial insights

Top country: Greece · Lowest in ranking: Cyprus

Indicator: Housing Affordability

Granularity: Countries

  1. 1
    –

    Greece

    26.40

    -2.50
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  2. 2
    ▲ 3

    Denmark

    23.40

    +8.80
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  3. 3
    ▼ 1

    Norway

    13.50

    -1.90
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  4. 4
    ▲ 2

    Germany

    11.20

    -0.80
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  5. 5
    ▲ 3

    Sweden

    10.80

    +0.20
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  6. 6
    ▼ 2

    Turkey

    10.00

    -4.80
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  7. 7
    ▲ 5

    Estonia

    8.80

    +0.20
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  8. 8
    ▲ 1

    Czechia

    8.20

    -1.00
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  9. 9
    ▲ 4

    Luxembourg

    8.10

    +0.10
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  10. 10
    ▼ 3

    Serbia

    7.90

    -3.50
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  11. 11
    ▲ 4

    Spain

    7.20

    -0.60
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  12. 12
    ▲ 1

    Bulgaria

    6.90

    -1.10
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  13. 13
    ▲ 6

    Belgium

    6.70

    +0.00
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  14. 14
    ▲ 3

    Netherlands

    6.50

    -0.40
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  15. 15
    ▲ 1

    France

    6.40

    -0.60
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  16. 16
    ▲ 1

    Portugal

    6.30

    -0.60
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  17. 17
    ▲ 5

    Austria

    6.10

    -0.20
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  18. 18
    ▲ 6

    Malta

    6.00

    +0.10
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  19. 19
    –

    Latvia

    5.70

    -1.00
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  20. 19
    ▲ 4

    Lithuania

    5.70

    -0.50
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  21. 21
    ▼ 11

    Hungary

    5.30

    -3.70
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  22. 21
    ▲ 9

    Ireland

    5.30

    +0.80
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  23. 23
    ▲ 5

    Italy

    5.00

    -0.10
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  24. 23
    ▲ 6

    Romania

    5.00

    +0.30
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  25. 25
    ▲ 1

    Finland

    4.70

    -0.70
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  26. 26
    ▲ 1

    Poland

    4.10

    -1.10
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  27. 27
    ▼ 6

    Slovakia

    3.50

    -2.90
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  28. 27
    ▲ 4

    Slovenia

    3.50

    -0.30
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  29. 29
    ▲ 3

    Croatia

    3.20

    -0.50
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  30. 30
    ▲ 3

    Cyprus

    2.40

    +0.00
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Ranking highlights

2025 values. Changes compare 2025 vs 2024.

Housing Affordability

Increase = worse Decrease = better

By level in 2025

Top 5 countries

2025 values

  1. #1 Greece 26.40
  2. #2 Denmark 23.40
  3. #3 Norway 13.50
  4. #4 Germany 11.20
  5. #5 Sweden 10.80

Bottom 5 countries

2025 values

  1. #30 Cyprus 2.40
  2. #29 Croatia 3.20
  3. #27 Slovenia 3.50
  4. #27 Slovakia 3.50
  5. #26 Poland 4.10

By change (2025 vs 2024)

Largest increase vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Denmark +8.80
  2. #2 Ireland +0.80
  3. #3 Romania +0.30
  4. #4 Sweden +0.20
  5. #5 Estonia +0.20

Largest decrease vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Turkey -4.80
  2. #2 Hungary -3.70
  3. #3 Serbia -3.50
  4. #4 Slovakia -2.90
  5. #5 Greece -2.50