Housing cost overburden in Denmark

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 Denmark

Latest housing cost overburden in Denmark
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Everyone	23.4%	2025	2nd highest of 27	+17.3 pp	EU lowest 2.4%EU highest 26.4%
At risk of poverty	69.5%	2025	2nd highest of 27	+45.1 pp	EU lowest 7.6%EU highest 82.6%

Where Denmark stands

Every EU country, highest first

Everyone (%) · 2nd 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 (%) · 2nd 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 21 values: Everyone

Period	%
2025	23.4
2024	14.6
2023	15.4
2022	14.7
2021	15.5
2020	14.1
2019	15.6
2018	14.7
2017	15.7
2016	15.1
2015	15.1
2014	15.6
2013	17.9
2012	16.7
2011	18.5
2010	21.9
2009	24.2
2008	17.1
2007	13.4
2006	16.1
2005	13.6

All 21 values: At risk of poverty

Period	%
2025	69.5
2024	65.6
2023	72.3
2022	70.7
2021	72.1
2020	70.2
2019	74.1
2018	69.7
2017	75.4
2016	74.2
2015	66.8
2014	68.1
2013	75.2
2012	69.4
2011	71.0
2010	71.1
2009	70.5
2008	60.7
2007	58.0
2006	66.4
2005	58.5

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Everyone, Denmark, 2025: 23.4%”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/housing-burden/denmark, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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