In 2023, 13.0% of Germany’s population lived in households which were overburdened by housing costs – i.e. they spent more than 40% of their total disposable household income on housing. The EU average was 8.8%.
The financial burden is determined in the same way whether a respondent lives in rented accommodation or in their own home. Germany is in fact the EU Member State with the highest share of people living in rented housing. Here, more than half of the population (52.4%) were tenants in 2023.
Data as of 07.11.2024. The latest data can be found in the Eurostat Database. A detailed definition and further data on the at-risk-of-poverty rate in Germany can be found on the national topic page.