EU 7.79
· European ranking
12 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Bulgaria: Housing Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
6.90% of population
EU 7.79 · -0.9 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households where total housing costs exceed 40% of disposable household income.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Housing cost overburden rate ilc_lvho07_r
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Regional map
· 2025 · 6 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+65.22
11.40
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2+28.99
8.90
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3+21.74
8.40
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4-2.90
6.70
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5-18.84
5.60
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6-36.23
4.40
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Bulgaria performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, although the difference is relatively small. 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 Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, Housing burden is close to the European benchmark and slightly better: 6.9% versus 7.8% in 2025, a gap of 0.9 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Bulgaria, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 11.60% in 2021 to 6.90% in 2025. The latest step, from 8.00% in 2024 to 6.90% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Bulgaria
In Bulgaria, regional differences in Housing burden are pronounced. Across 6 comparable regions, Yugoiztochen records the highest value (11.4%) and Yugozapaden the lowest (4.4%), a gap of 7 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Bulgaria, 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.