PT · 2021 · tessi163

Housing cost overburden rate by poverty status - EU-SILC survey

Portugal, 2021

Housing cost overburden rate by poverty status - EU-SILC survey
5.9%
Portugal, 2021
▲ 43.9% vs 2020 (4.1%)
Analysis

In 2021, Portugal's housing cost overburden rate by poverty status increased by 43.9% compared to 2020, reaching 5.9%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 8.7%.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 21.3% (from 7.5% in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi163, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#14 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2021
67.8%
EU-27: 8.7%
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025