EU 97.13
· European ranking
11 / 27
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Belgium: Home Price Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
102.40 Index, long-term average = 100
EU 97.13 · +5.3 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the relationship between house prices and household income as a standardised index, with the long-term average set to 100. Values above 100 indicate that house prices are high relative to income compared with that long-term average.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat House price to income ratio tipsho60
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At a glance
Belgium performs less favourably than the European benchmark on House price to income ratio, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Belgium
In Belgium, Price to income is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 102.4 index points versus 97.1 index points in 2024, with a gap of 5.3 index points.
Recent trend
In Belgium, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 106.07 in 2019 to 102.44 in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 101.89 in 2023, so the recent reading remains stable.
Reading within the topic
In Belgium, 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.