Housing cost overburden rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Portugal's housing cost overburden rate by degree of urbanisation increased by 32.3% compared to 2023, reaching 8.20.

Portugal accounts for 83.7% of the EU-27 total of 9.80.

Portugal ranks 14th 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 12.3% (from 7.30 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi165, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.