EU 7.79
· European ranking
2 / 30
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Denmark: Housing Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
23.40% of population
EU 7.79 · +15.6 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 · 5 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+13.68
26.60
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2-3.42
22.60
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3-4.70
22.30
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4-8.12
21.50
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5-10.26
21.00
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Denmark performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Denmark
In Denmark, Housing burden stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 23.4% versus 7.8% in 2025, a large gap of 15.6 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Denmark, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 15.50% in 2021 to 23.40% in 2025. The latest step, from 14.60% in 2024 to 23.40% in 2025, confirms the deterioration. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Regional differences in Denmark
In Denmark, regional values for Housing burden are relatively close. Across 5 comparable regions, Hovedstaden records the highest value (26.6%) and Sjælland the lowest (21%), a gap of 5.6 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Denmark, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.