# Housing cost overburden rate in Denmark

Housing cost overburden rate in Denmark was 23.4% in 2025 (break). Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `housing_cost_overburden_rate`
- Place id: `dk`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Share of the population living in households where total housing costs, net of housing allowances, are more than 40% of disposable income, net of housing allowances. Housing costs include rent or mortgage interest, utilities, regular maintenance and related taxes (EU statistics on income and living conditions, EU-SILC).
- Note: The EU measure of housing affordability. Mortgage principal repayments are not counted as a housing cost. The reference year is the survey year.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Housing cost overburden rate, total population (ilc_lvho07a) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvho07a/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Housing cost overburden rate, total population (ilc_lvho07a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvho07a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/housing-cost-overburden-rate/denmark
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=housing_cost_overburden_rate&place=dk

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 23.4 (break) |
| 2024 | 14.6 |
| 2023 | 15.4 |
| 2022 | 14.7 |
| 2021 | 15.5 |
| 2020 | 14.1 (break) |
| 2019 | 15.6 |
| 2018 | 14.7 |
| 2017 | 15.7 |
| 2016 | 15.1 |
| 2015 | 15.1 |
| 2014 | 15.6 |
| 2013 | 17.9 |
| 2012 | 16.7 |
| 2011 | 18.5 (break) |
| 2010 | 21.9 |
| 2009 | 24.2 |
| 2008 | 17.1 |
| 2007 | 13.4 |
| 2006 | 16.1 |
| 2005 | 13.6 |