Housing cost overburden in Estonia

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 Estonia

Latest housing cost overburden in Estonia
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Everyone	8.8%	2025	5th highest of 27	+2.7 pp	EU lowest 2.4%EU highest 26.4%
At risk of poverty	33.3%	2025	6th highest of 27	+8.9 pp	EU lowest 7.6%EU highest 82.6%

Where Estonia stands

Every EU country, highest first

Everyone (%) · 5th 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 (%) · 6th 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	8.8
2024	8.6
2023	7.6
2022	4.9
2021	4.4
2020	4.4
2019	4.4
2018	4.0
2017	4.8
2016	4.9
2015	6.8
2014	8.3
2013	7.2
2012	7.9
2011	7.4
2010	6.0
2009	4.4
2008	3.6
2007	5.2
2006	6.8
2005	7.9

All 21 values: At risk of poverty

Period	%
2025	33.3
2024	29.6
2023	27.8
2022	17.1
2021	18.7
2020	16.9
2019	16.2
2018	16.1
2017	18.4
2016	19.3
2015	25.8
2014	30.8
2013	29.3
2012	32.4
2011	29.5
2010	26.2
2009	14.7
2008	13.1
2007	19.0
2006	28.8
2005	31.3

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Everyone, Estonia, 2025: 8.8%”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/housing-burden/estonia, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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