🇸🇪Sweden housing cost overburden rate
Sweden's housing cost overburden rate is 10.8% as of 2025, from official Eurostat data. It rose from 10.6% the previous year. Over the period shown it has ranged from 7.8% to 10.9%. That is 3.0 percentage points above the euro-area average of 7.8% — the 7th of 30 European countries that report it.
Housing cost overburden rate · Sweden
10.8%
vs prev
▲ 0.2 pp
Source: Eurostat (ilc_lvho07a) · data through 2025 · released 2026-09-17 · modifications: none
The housing cost overburden rate is the share of the population living in households that spend more than 40% of their disposable income on housing, after housing allowances. Housing costs include utilities such as water, electricity, gas and heating. It comes from the EU-SILC household survey and is published once a year.
See the full housing cost overburden rate ranking across Europe →
Sweden housing cost overburden rate — frequently asked questions
- What is Sweden's housing cost overburden rate?
- Sweden's housing cost overburden rate is 10.8% as of 2025, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Sweden's housing cost overburden rate compare with the euro area?
- It is the 7th-highest of 30 European countries that report it, against a euro-area average of 7.8%.
- Is Sweden's housing cost overburden rate rising or falling?
- It rose from 10.6% to 10.8% in the latest reading (2025).
- What does “housing cost overburden rate” measure?
- The housing cost overburden rate is the share of the population living in households that spend more than 40% of their disposable income on housing, after housing allowances. Housing costs include utilities such as water, electricity, gas and heating. It comes from the EU-SILC household survey and is published once a year.