Housing cost overburden in Germany

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 Germany

Latest housing cost overburden in Germany
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Everyone	11.2%	2025	3rd highest of 27	+5.1 pp	EU lowest 2.4%EU highest 26.4%
At risk of poverty	35.0%	2025	5th highest of 27	+10.6 pp	EU lowest 7.6%EU highest 82.6%

Where Germany stands

Every EU country, highest first

Everyone (%) · 3rd 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 (%) · 5th 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 16 values: Everyone

Period	%
2025	11.2
2024	12.0
2023	13.0
2022	11.9
2021	11.0
2020	9.0
2019	13.9
2018	14.2
2017	14.5
2016	15.8
2015	15.6
2014	15.9
2013	16.4
2012	16.6
2011	16.1
2010	14.5

All 16 values: At risk of poverty

Period	%
2025	35.0
2024	37.5
2023	43.2
2022	41.3
2021	41.7
2020	39.4
2019	48.3
2018	49.5
2017	48.5
2016	50.3
2015	51.9
2014	54.4
2013	49.2
2012	51.7
2011	46.3
2010	42.2

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Everyone, Germany, 2025: 11.2%”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/housing-burden/germany, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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