EU 7.79
· European ranking
21 / 30
Down 12 positions compared with previous year
Hungary: Housing Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
5.30% of population
EU 7.79 · -2.5 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 · 8 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+41.51
7.50
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2+24.53
6.60
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3+15.09
6.10
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4+5.66
5.60
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5-11.32
4.70
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6-22.64
4.10
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7-28.30
3.80
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8-35.85
3.40
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Hungary performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent reversal. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Hungary
In Hungary, Housing burden is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 5.3% versus 7.8% in 2025, with a gap of 2.5 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Hungary, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 2.70% in 2021 to 5.30% in 2025. The latest step, from 9.00% in 2024 to 5.30% in 2025, reverses the previous direction and shows recent improvement.
Regional differences in Hungary
In Hungary, Housing burden shows noticeable regional variation. Across 8 comparable regions, Budapest records the highest value (7.5%) and Közép-Dunántúl the lowest (3.4%), a gap of 4.1 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Hungary, 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.