Housing cost overburden in Belgium

Share of people in households that spend more than 40% of their disposable income on housing: everyone, and people at risk of poverty. All figures for Belgium

Latest housing cost overburden in Belgium
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Everyone	6.7%	2025	10th highest of 27	+0.6 pp	EU lowest 2.4%EU highest 26.4%
At risk of poverty	31.3%	2025	8th highest of 27	+6.9 pp	EU lowest 7.6%EU highest 82.6%

Where Belgium stands

Every EU country, highest first

Everyone (%) · 10th highest of 27

Greece26.4
Denmark23.4
Germany11.2
Sweden10.8
Estonia8.8
Czechia8.2
Luxembourg8.1
Spain7.2
Bulgaria6.9
Belgium6.7
Netherlands6.5
France6.4
Portugal6.3
Austria6.1
Malta6.0
Latvia5.7
Lithuania5.7
Hungary5.3
Ireland5.3
Italy5.0
Romania5.0
Finland4.7
Poland4.1
Slovakia3.5
Slovenia3.5
Croatia3.2
Cyprus2.4

At risk of poverty (%) · 8th highest of 27

Greece82.6
Denmark69.5
Sweden46.8
Czechia43.4
Germany35.0
Estonia33.3
Austria32.1
Belgium31.3
Luxembourg30.4
Netherlands29.9
Spain28.3
Bulgaria27.0
France25.4
Portugal24.4
Malta23.0
Latvia22.3
Poland21.9
Italy21.7
Hungary21.2
Finland20.7
Lithuania20.2
Slovenia18.7
Ireland17.1
Romania16.9
Slovakia15.4
Croatia14.9
Cyprus7.6

Housing cost overburden, history

All 22 values: Everyone

Period	%
2025	6.7
2024	6.7
2023	7.8
2022	7.5
2021	7.6
2020	7.7
2019	8.4
2018	8.9
2017	9.4
2016	9.8
2015	9.4
2014	10.4
2013	9.6
2012	11.0
2011	10.6
2010	8.9
2009	8.7
2008	12.5
2007	10.1
2006	9.8
2005	8.6
2004	12.6

All 22 values: At risk of poverty

Period	%
2025	31.3
2024	33.3
2023	33.3
2022	31.6
2021	33.3
2020	33.9
2019	32.7
2018	36.5
2017	35.5
2016	38.7
2015	37.6
2014	42.6
2013	39.0
2012	44.0
2011	42.7
2010	37.9
2009	37.1
2008	44.0
2007	38.9
2006	42.1
2005	31.6
2004	49.9

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Everyone, Belgium, 2025: 6.7%”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/housing-burden/belgium, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

Source: Eurostat, licence CC BY 4.0. Compiled 23 Sep 2026.