IE · 2019 · tespm140

Housing cost overburden rate

Ireland, 2019

Housing cost overburden rate
10.4
Ireland, 2019
▲ 52.9% vs 2018 (6.80)
Analysis

In 2019, Ireland's housing cost overburden rate increased by 52.9% compared to 2018, reaching 10.4.

Ireland accounts for 55.3% of the EU-27 total of 18.8.

Ireland ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 18.8% (from 12.8 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
55.3%
EU-27: 18.8
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
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