Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Norway
Norway: Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile was 13.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
13.5%
Change on year
down 12.3%
World rank
6th
of 47 countries
All-time high
15.4%
in 2024
All-time low
4.3%
in 2005
Years of data
22
2004–2025
Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Norway, 2004–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Norway recorded 13.5% for housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in 2025.
That represents a change of down 12.3% on the previous year and up 43.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Norway peaked at 15.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2005.
Norway ranks 6th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Norway, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8.3% | — |
| 2005 | 4.3% | -48.2% |
| 2006 | 10.8% | +151.2% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | +20.4% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 10.9% | -13.5% |
| 2010 | 9.1% | -16.5% |
| 2011 | 10.5% | +15.4% |
| 2012 | 9.8% | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 8.2% | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 9.4% | +14.6% |
| 2016 | 9.7% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 9.3% | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 10.6% | +14.0% |
| 2019 | 10.5% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 9.4% | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 10.9% | +16.0% |
| 2022 | 12.4% | +13.8% |
| 2023 | 13.9% | +12.1% |
| 2024 | 15.4% | +10.8% |
| 2025 | 13.5% | -12.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.0% | 4.3% | 13.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 9.7% | 8.2% | 10.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.6% | 9.4% | 15.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 3 Switzerland 15.3% compare
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.1% compare
- 4 United Kingdom 15.1% compare
- 7 Iceland 13.1% compare
- 8 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 11.5% compare
- 9 Germany 11.2% compare
More economy & growth data for Norway
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.7416 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.42 Percent per annum (2029)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 8.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5505 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 52,073 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 5.72 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per capita 541,338 current LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5247 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Norway?
- Housing cost overburden rate by income quintile in Norway was 13.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest housing cost overburden rate by income quintile recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 15.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest housing cost overburden rate by income quintile recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2005.
- How does Norway rank for housing cost overburden rate by income quintile?
- Norway ranks 6th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is housing cost overburden rate by income quintile rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat).