EU 7.79
· European ranking
6 / 30
Down 3 positions compared with previous year
Turkey: Housing Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
10.00% of population
EU 7.79 · +2.2 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
Turkey performs less 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 points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Turkey
In Turkey, Housing burden is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 10.0% versus 7.8% in 2025, with a gap of 2.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Turkey, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 11.50% in 2021 to 10.00% in 2025. The latest step, from 14.80% in 2024 to 10.00% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Turkey, 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.