EU 7.79
· European ranking
9 / 30
Up 3 positions compared with previous year
Luxembourg: Housing Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
8.10% of population
EU 7.79 · +0.3 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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At a glance
Luxembourg performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Luxembourg
In Luxembourg, Housing burden is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 8.1% versus 7.8% in 2025, a gap of 0.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Luxembourg, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 5.10% in 2021 to 8.10% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 8.00% in 2024, so the previous deterioration continues but with less intensity.
Reading within the topic
In Luxembourg, 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.