How the numbers were computed

For the story Housing costs as a share of income in the EU.

Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.

The ranking

Ranks

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. There are no ties in this ranking.

27 values, one per country ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1

23.7 percentage points

Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 34.6 − 10.9 = 23.7. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

34.6: Greece, 2025 ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.EL@2025 · request r1
10.9: Cyprus, 2025 ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.CY@2025 · request r1

27 / 27

EU countries with a value for 2025: all 27 of the 27 EU member states.

27 values, one per country ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1

Above and below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold

Ranks, above the threshold

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Estonia and Slovakia, at 14.2% each, are both 11th, and Ireland is 13th.

27 values, one per country ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r3

20.7 percentage points

Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 28.7 − 8.0 = 20.7. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

28.7: Greece, 2025 ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.EL@2025 · request r3
8.0: Croatia, 2025 ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.HR@2025 · request r3

Ranks, at risk of poverty

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Ireland and Lithuania, at 29.9% each, are both 18th, and Italy is 20th.

27 values, one per country ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.B_60.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r2

42.6 percentage points

Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 59.3 − 16.7 = 42.6. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

59.3: Greece, 2025 ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.B_60.PC.EL@2025 · request r2
16.7: Cyprus, 2025 ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.B_60.PC.CY@2025 · request r2

Differences, at risk of poverty − above the threshold

Per country and for the EU, at risk of poverty minus above the threshold. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.B_60.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r2
28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.A_60.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r3

Household types

Values, household types

The values as Eurostat publishes them, one per country and group and for the EU, shown rounded to 1 decimal.

28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r1
28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mded01:A.A1_LT65.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r4
28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mded01:A.A1_GE65.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r4
28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mded01:A.A1_DCH.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r4
28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mded01:A.A2_DCH_GE3.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r4
28 values, one per country and the EU's ilc_mded01:A.A2.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r4

Ranks, everyone

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. There are no ties in this ranking.

27 values, one per country ilc_mded01:A.TOTAL.TOTAL.PC.<geo>@2025 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1