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

In 2025, Germany's median of the housing cost burden distribution by degree of urbanisation decreased by 0.5% compared to 2024, reaching 20.0.

Germany accounts for 129.9% of the EU-27 total of 15.4.

Germany ranks 4th 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 8.1% (from 18.5 in 2020).

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