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How fast are rents rising?

September 2026 · Source: Eurostat

Albania: +3.3%Austria: +4.1%Belgium: +3.0%Bulgaria: +7.6%Switzerland: +1.3%Cyprus: +4.8%Czechia: +6.2%Germany: +2.2%Denmark: +2.5%Estonia: +4.2%Greece: +5.9%Spain: +2.5%Finland: −0.2%France: +1.6%Croatia: +3.5%Hungary: +2.3%Ireland: +6.3%Iceland: +7.6%Italy: +3.4%Lithuania: +10.0%Luxembourg: +1.4%Latvia: +1.1%Montenegro: +0.3%North Macedonia: +9.3%Malta: +3.7%Netherlands: +4.4%Norway: +3.6%Poland: +3.6%Portugal: +5.2%Romania: +39.5%Serbia: +10.6%Sweden: +3.3%Slovenia: +11.3%Slovakia: +5.2%
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Rents, one year, September 2026, every country, highest first
RankCountryOne year
1Romania+39.5%
2Slovenia+11.3%
3Serbia (not in the EU)+10.6%
4Lithuania+10.0%
5North Macedonia (not in the EU)+9.3%
6Bulgaria+7.6%
6Iceland (not in the EU)+7.6%
8Ireland+6.3%
9Czechia+6.2%
10Greece+5.9%
11Portugal+5.2%
11Slovakia+5.2%
13Cyprus+4.8%
14Netherlands+4.4%
15Estonia+4.2%
16Austria+4.1%
17Malta+3.7%
18Poland+3.6%
18Norway (not in the EU)+3.6%
20Croatia+3.5%
21Italy+3.4%
22Sweden+3.3%
22Albania (not in the EU)+3.3%
24Belgium+3.0%
EU average+2.9%
25Denmark+2.5%
25Spain+2.5%
27Hungary+2.3%
28Germany+2.2%
29France+1.6%
30Luxembourg+1.4%
31Switzerland (not in the EU)+1.3%
32Latvia+1.1%
33Montenegro (not in the EU)+0.3%
34Finland−0.2%

Romania Most of the April 2026 rise comes from higher rents for state and council homes. Private rents rose about 0.4% that month. Source: Romania's statistics office.

About these figures

Change in rents actually paid by tenants from the same month a year earlier.

Covers every tenant, including long-running contracts, so it rises more slowly than the rents asked for new lets.

Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the Western Balkan countries are ranked too, but are not in the EU average.

Ranks and colour steps are ours. Eurostat is not responsible for how the figures are shown here. See the figures on Eurostat's site.