Housing cost overburden in Italy

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 Italy

Latest housing cost overburden in Italy
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Everyone	5.0%	2025	8th lowest of 27	−1.1 pp	EU lowest 2.4%EU highest 26.4%
At risk of poverty	21.7%	2025	10th lowest of 27	−2.7 pp	EU lowest 7.6%EU highest 82.6%

Where Italy stands

Every EU country, highest first

Everyone (%) · 8th 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 (%) · 10th 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 22 values: Everyone

Period	%
2025	5.0
2024	5.1
2023	5.7
2022	6.6
2021	7.2
2020	7.2
2019	8.7
2018	8.2
2017	8.2
2016	9.6
2015	8.6
2014	8.5
2013	8.9
2012	8.1
2011	8.7
2010	7.7
2009	7.8
2008	8.3
2007	7.5
2006	12.2
2005	12.6
2004	12.2

All 22 values: At risk of poverty

Period	%
2025	21.7
2024	21.8
2023	22.2
2022	24.0
2021	28.6
2020	28.6
2019	34.8
2018	32.9
2017	32.9
2016	35.8
2015	32.9
2014	31.9
2013	32.2
2012	30.1
2011	31.9
2010	29.7
2009	27.6
2008	27.4
2007	26.2
2006	37.1
2005	38.3
2004	37.5

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Everyone, Italy, 2025: 5.0%”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/housing-burden/italy, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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