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The Europe atlas
The Europe atlas

The roof over it.

Housing is the line that moves most across a border — and the one a cost-of-living average smooths away. Here it is on its own, country by country: what a home costs to buy and to rent, how far a local salary goes, and how fast it has all been moving.

Housing across Europe

Rank by

Housing price level — housing, water & energy — against the EU-27 average (= 100). The comparative “how dear is a roof here.”

Switzerland

+114% vs EU-27

Ireland

+87% vs EU-27

Denmark

+86% vs EU-27

Luxembourg

+78% vs EU-27

Iceland

+64% vs EU-27

Belgium

+31% vs EU-27

Netherlands

+30% vs EU-27

Finland

+29% vs EU-27

France

+23% vs EU-27

Austria

+13% vs EU-27

Germany

+13% vs EU-27

Sweden

+12% vs EU-27

Czechia

+3% vs EU-27

Norway

EU avg vs EU-27

Estonia

−3% vs EU-27

Spain

−3% vs EU-27

Italy

−7% vs EU-27

Cyprus

−8% vs EU-27

Slovakia

−19% vs EU-27

Malta

−20% vs EU-27

Portugal

−20% vs EU-27

Slovenia

−22% vs EU-27

Greece

−29% vs EU-27

Hungary

−39% vs EU-27

Lithuania

−40% vs EU-27

Latvia

−45% vs EU-27

Romania

−48% vs EU-27

Poland

−51% vs EU-27

Croatia

−56% vs EU-27

Bulgaria

−62% vs EU-27

not priced in this source for United Kingdom.

Housing figures from Deloitte Property Index 2025 (2024 data) and Eurostat (housing level 2024, price & rent trend 2025), reused with attribution. National averages — the city and the specific home swing them far more than the border does. Education, not property, mortgage or investment advice.

The atlas prices the ground; these pages price the roof on it. The Geoarbitrage Map

Housing figures last refreshed July 2026. Open the full map

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