EU 7.79
· European ranking
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No change compared with previous year
Greece: Housing Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
26.40% of population
EU 7.79 · +18.6 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 · 13 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+28.41
33.90
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2+26.14
33.30
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3+22.35
32.30
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4+13.26
29.90
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5+2.65
27.10
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6+0.76
26.60
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7-0.38
26.30
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8-3.41
25.50
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9-7.58
24.40
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10-10.98
23.50
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11-11.74
23.30
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12-20.83
20.90
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13-29.92
18.50
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Greece performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Greece
In Greece, Housing burden stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 26.4% versus 7.8% in 2025, a large gap of 18.6 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Greece, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 28.80% in 2021 to 26.40% in 2025. The latest step, from 28.90% in 2024 to 26.40% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Regional differences in Greece
In Greece, Housing burden shows noticeable regional variation. Across 13 comparable regions, Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki records the highest value (33.9%) and Kriti the lowest (18.5%), a gap of 15.4 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Greece, the evidence for Housing & Energy Stress leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.