Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Estonia
Estonia: Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile was 8.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Estonia, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Estonia stood at 8.8%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Estonia peaked at 8.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2008.
Estonia ranks 12th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7.9% | — |
| 2006 | 6.8% | -13.9% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | -23.5% |
| 2008 | 3.6% | -30.8% |
| 2009 | 4.4% | +22.2% |
| 2010 | 6.0% | +36.4% |
| 2011 | 7.4% | +23.3% |
| 2012 | 7.9% | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 7.2% | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 8.3% | +15.3% |
| 2015 | 6.8% | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 4.9% | -27.9% |
| 2017 | 4.8% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 4.0% | -16.7% |
| 2019 | 4.4% | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 4.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4.9% | +11.4% |
| 2023 | 7.6% | +55.1% |
| 2024 | 8.6% | +13.2% |
| 2025 | 8.8% | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.6% | 3.6% | 7.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 4.0% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.5% | 4.4% | 8.8% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Estonia
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 2.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.1142 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 3,931 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU), annual 2.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU), per 0.1097 constant LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU), per 3,775 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 9.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6582 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 22,654 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 4.65 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Estonia?
- Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Estonia was 8.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest housing cost overburden rate by income quintile recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest housing cost overburden rate by income quintile recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2008.
- How does Estonia rank for housing cost overburden rate by income quintile?
- Estonia ranks 12th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is housing cost overburden rate by income quintile rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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