IE · 2025 · tespm140

Housing cost overburden rate

Ireland, 2025

Housing cost overburden rate
10.6
Ireland, 2025
▲ 17.8% vs 2024 (9.00)
Analysis

In 2025, Ireland's housing cost overburden rate increased by 17.8% compared to 2024, reaching 10.6.

Ireland accounts for 68.8% of the EU-27 total of 15.4.

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 grown by 26.2% (from 8.40 in 2020).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
68.8%
EU-27: 15.4
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025