EU 7.79
· European ranking
23 / 30
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Italy: Housing Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
5.00% of population
EU 7.79 · -2.8 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 · 21 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+68.00
8.40
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2+62.00
8.10
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3+26.00
6.30
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4+24.00
6.20
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5+16.00
5.80
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6+12.00
5.60
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7+4.00
5.20
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8-4.00
4.80
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9-8.00
4.60
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10-18.00
4.10
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10-18.00
4.10
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10-18.00
4.10
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13-30.00
3.50
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14-34.00
3.30
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15-38.00
3.10
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15-38.00
3.10
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17-40.00
3.00
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17-40.00
3.00
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19-42.00
2.90
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20-44.00
2.80
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21-58.00
2.10
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Italy performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Italy
In Italy, Housing burden is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 5.0% versus 7.8% in 2025, with a gap of 2.8 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Italy, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 7.20% in 2021 to 5.00% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 5.10% in 2024, so the improvement continues but with less intensity.
Regional differences in Italy
In Italy, regional differences in Housing burden are pronounced. Across 21 comparable regions, Campania records the highest value (8.4%) and Basilicata the lowest (2.1%), a gap of 6.3 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Italy, 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 deterioration and warrant monitoring.