Greece and Cyprus: 26% and 2.4% of people spend over 40% of income on housing
Greece is first of 30 European countries with 2025 data. In 2015 the share there was 45.5%, in 2010 18.1%. Cyprus has one of the lowest shares.
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Eurostat counts the share of people whose housing costs — rent or mortgage interest, utilities, upkeep — exceed 40% of household income. In Greece after the crisis almost one person in two lived like that; now one in four. In Cyprus, one in forty.
Bars: share of people in households whose housing costs exceed 40% of disposable income, 2025.
- Greece: spend over 40% of income on housing %
2010: 18.1; 2025: 26.4
- Germany: spend over 40% of income on housing %
2010: 14.5; 2025: 11.2
- Spain: spend over 40% of income on housing %
2010: 9.7; 2025: 7.2
- Italy: spend over 40% of income on housing %
2010: 7.7; 2025: 5.0
- Cyprus: spend over 40% of income on housing %
2010: 3.1; 2025: 2.4
Eurostat, EU survey of income and living conditions (EU-SILC), table ilc_lvho07a: all ages, both sexes; housing costs net of housing allowances.
A low share does not mean cheap housing: the measure counts everyone, including those living in homes they own outright, and says little about the young who rent. Income data refer to the previous year.
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And prices? In 29 of 33 European countries housing is dearer than in 2015 even after inflation.