Housing cost overburden in Croatia

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 Croatia

Latest housing cost overburden in Croatia
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Everyone	3.2%	2025	2nd lowest of 27	−2.9 pp	EU lowest 2.4%EU highest 26.4%
At risk of poverty	14.9%	2025	2nd lowest of 27	−9.5 pp	EU lowest 7.6%EU highest 82.6%

Where Croatia stands

Every EU country, highest first

Everyone (%) · 2nd lowest 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 (%) · 2nd lowest 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 16 values: Everyone

Period	%
2025	3.2
2024	3.7
2023	4.0
2022	3.8
2021	4.5
2020	4.2
2019	4.7
2018	5.1
2017	5.8
2016	6.4
2015	7.2
2014	7.5
2013	8.4
2012	6.8
2011	8.0
2010	14.1

All 16 values: At risk of poverty

Period	%
2025	14.9
2024	16.8
2023	19.4
2022	19.4
2021	21.5
2020	20.5
2019	23.3
2018	24.4
2017	26.2
2016	29.4
2015	31.1
2014	30.0
2013	34.8
2012	28.5
2011	31.2
2010	48.4

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Everyone, Croatia, 2025: 3.2%”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/housing-burden/croatia, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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