IE · 2025 · tespm140
Housing cost overburden rate
Ireland, 2025
In 2025, Ireland's housing cost overburden rate increased by 17.8% compared to 2024, reaching 10.6.
Ireland accounts for 68.8% of the EU-27 total of 15.4.
Ireland ranks 19th 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 26.2% (from 8.40 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tespm140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.