EU 7.79
· European ranking
30 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Cyprus: Housing Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
2.40% of population
EU 7.79 · -5.4 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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Internal regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Cyprus performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Cyprus
In Cyprus, Housing burden stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 2.4% versus 7.8% in 2025, a large gap of 5.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Cyprus, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 2.40% in 2021 to 2.40% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 2.40% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.
Reading within the topic
In Cyprus, 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.