🇨🇭Switzerland housing cost overburden rate
Switzerland's housing cost overburden rate is 15.3% as of 2024, from official Eurostat data. It rose from 14.2% the previous year. Over the period shown it has ranged from 10.6% to 15.3%. That is 7.5 percentage points above the euro-area average of 7.8% — the 3rd of 30 European countries that report it.
Housing cost overburden rate · Switzerland
15.3%
vs prev
▲ 1.1 pp
Source: Eurostat (ilc_lvho07a) · data through 2024 · 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.
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Switzerland housing cost overburden rate — frequently asked questions
- What is Switzerland's housing cost overburden rate?
- Switzerland's housing cost overburden rate is 15.3% as of 2024, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Switzerland's housing cost overburden rate compare with the euro area?
- It is the 3rd-highest of 30 European countries that report it, against a euro-area average of 7.8%.
- Is Switzerland's housing cost overburden rate rising or falling?
- It rose from 14.2% to 15.3% in the latest reading (2024).
- 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.