EU 7.79
· European ranking
14 / 30
Up 1 positions compared with previous year
Netherlands: Housing Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
6.50% of population
EU 7.79 · -1.3 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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Internal regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Netherlands 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.
European comparison in Netherlands
In Netherlands, Housing burden is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 6.5% versus 7.8% in 2025, with a gap of 1.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In the Netherlands, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 8.30% in 2021 to 6.50% in 2025. The latest step, from 6.90% in 2024 to 6.50% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Netherlands, 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.