Housing cost overburden in Cyprus

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 Cyprus

Latest housing cost overburden in Cyprus
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Everyone	2.4%	2025	1st lowest of 27	−3.7 pp	EU lowest 2.4%EU highest 26.4%
At risk of poverty	7.6%	2025	1st lowest of 27	−16.8 pp	EU lowest 7.6%EU highest 82.6%

Where Cyprus stands

Every EU country, highest first

Everyone (%) · 1st 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 (%) · 1st 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 21 values: Everyone

Period	%
2025	2.4
2024	2.4
2023	2.6
2022	2.6
2021	2.4
2020	1.9
2019	2.2
2018	2.0
2017	2.8
2016	3.1
2015	3.9
2014	4.0
2013	3.3
2012	3.3
2011	3.1
2010	3.1
2009	2.4
2008	1.8
2007	1.7
2006	3.0
2005	6.6

All 21 values: At risk of poverty

Period	%
2025	7.6
2024	9.2
2023	7.9
2022	10.7
2021	9.0
2020	6.8
2019	10.0
2018	6.6
2017	10.3
2016	12.6
2015	13.1
2014	14.4
2013	11.5
2012	12.9
2011	10.5
2010	10.9
2009	9.7
2008	6.0
2007	7.3
2006	11.8
2005	26.0

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Everyone, Cyprus, 2025: 2.4%”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/housing-burden/cyprus, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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