Housing cost overburden in Hungary

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 Hungary

Latest housing cost overburden in Hungary
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Everyone	5.3%	2025	10th lowest of 27	−0.8 pp	EU lowest 2.4%EU highest 26.4%
At risk of poverty	21.2%	2025	9th lowest of 27	−3.2 pp	EU lowest 7.6%EU highest 82.6%

Where Hungary stands

Every EU country, highest first

Everyone (%) · 10th 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 (%) · 9th 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	5.3
2024	9.0
2023	7.3
2022	8.1
2021	2.7
2020	3.7
2019	3.9
2018	9.6
2017	10.7
2016	8.8
2015	8.5
2014	12.8
2013	14.3
2012	14.7
2011	13.0
2010	11.3
2009	8.9
2008	11.6
2007	10.9
2006	12.3
2005	18.1

All 21 values: At risk of poverty

Period	%
2025	21.2
2024	34.2
2023	28.3
2022	34.0
2021	13.4
2020	9.8
2019	17.8
2018	46.4
2017	49.4
2016	32.9
2015	31.5
2014	38.4
2013	40.7
2012	38.8
2011	40.6
2010	36.7
2009	36.0
2008	42.5
2007	39.0
2006	39.8
2005	46.2

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Everyone, Hungary, 2025: 5.3%”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/housing-burden/hungary, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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