EU 97.13
· European ranking
10 / 27
Down 2 positions compared with previous year
Estonia: Home Price Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
103.20 Index, long-term average = 100
EU 97.13 · +6.1 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
Estonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on House price to income ratio, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent reversal. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Estonia
In Estonia, Price to income is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 103.2 index points versus 97.1 index points in 2024, with a gap of 6.0 index points.
Recent trend
In Estonia, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 88.28 in 2019 to 103.17 in 2024. The latest step, from 104.19 in 2023 to 103.17 in 2024, reverses the previous direction and shows recent improvement.
Reading within the topic
In Estonia, 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.