Median of the housing cost burden distribution by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey

In 2025, Belgium's median of the housing cost burden distribution by degree of urbanisation increased by 2.3% compared to 2024, reaching 17.9.

Belgium accounts for 116.2% of the EU-27 total of 15.4.

Belgium ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.7% (from 17.1 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi303, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.