Housing cost overburden in Latvia

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 Latvia

Latest housing cost overburden in Latvia
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Everyone	5.7%	2025	12th lowest of 27	−0.4 pp	EU lowest 2.4%EU highest 26.4%
At risk of poverty	22.3%	2025	12th lowest of 27	−2.1 pp	EU lowest 7.6%EU highest 82.6%

Where Latvia stands

Every EU country, highest first

Everyone (%) · 12th 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 (%) · 12th 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	5.7
2024	6.7
2023	7.2
2022	5.4
2021	4.9
2020	4.8
2019	5.4
2018	6.7
2017	6.9
2016	7.0
2015	8.1
2014	9.6
2013	11.4
2012	11.2
2011	12.5
2010	9.8
2009	9.3
2008	8.7
2007	9.9
2006	10.6
2005	12.8

All 21 values: At risk of poverty

Period	%
2025	22.3
2024	25.7
2023	25.9
2022	20.4
2021	17.4
2020	17.4
2019	19.4
2018	23.0
2017	25.6
2016	25.2
2015	25.9
2014	32.5
2013	38.2
2012	35.9
2011	37.9
2010	31.9
2009	28.5
2008	27.1
2007	31.7
2006	33.4
2005	40.6

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Everyone, Latvia, 2025: 5.7%”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/housing-burden/latvia, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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