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

In 2025, Sweden's median of the housing cost burden distribution by degree of urbanisation increased by 4.5% compared to 2024, reaching 20.9.

Sweden accounts for 135.7% of the EU-27 total of 15.4.

Sweden ranks 3rd 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 20.1% (from 17.4 in 2020).

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