Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Germany's housing cost overburden rate by income quintile decreased by 9.0% compared to 2023, reaching 33.3.

Germany accounts for 119.8% of the EU-27 total of 27.8.

Germany ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 18.6% (from 40.9 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi162, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.