Housing cost overburden in Sweden

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 Sweden

Latest housing cost overburden in Sweden
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Everyone	10.8%	2025	4th highest of 27	+4.7 pp	EU lowest 2.4%EU highest 26.4%
At risk of poverty	46.8%	2025	3rd highest of 27	+22.4 pp	EU lowest 7.6%EU highest 82.6%

Where Sweden stands

Every EU country, highest first

Everyone (%) · 4th 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 (%) · 3rd 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 22 values: Everyone

Period	%
2025	10.8
2024	10.6
2023	10.9
2022	9.1
2021	8.5
2020	8.3
2019	9.4
2018	8.3
2017	8.4
2016	8.5
2015	8.7
2014	8.6
2013	9.0
2012	8.7
2011	9.3
2010	7.8
2009	10.6
2008	10.0
2007	7.9
2006	9.6
2005	9.2
2004	9.2

All 22 values: At risk of poverty

Period	%
2025	46.8
2024	47.7
2023	47.4
2022	42.8
2021	40.6
2020	38.1
2019	41.2
2018	37.0
2017	38.8
2016	38.7
2015	39.9
2014	42.3
2013	41.0
2012	42.1
2011	45.8
2010	41.9
2009	50.7
2008	51.5
2007	47.9
2006	53.1
2005	57.5
2004	50.8

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Everyone, Sweden, 2025: 10.8%”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/housing-burden/sweden, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

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