Germans spend every fourth euro on housing

According to the 2024 statistics, the average share of housing costs was higher in Denmark (26.3 percent) and especially in Greece (35.5 percent) than in Germany. Sweden was roughly on par with Germany. Particularly low housing cost shares were reported for Cyprus (11.4 percent), Malta (12.5 percent), Italy , and Slovenia (13.6 percent each). The EU average is 19.2 percent.