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How much have rents risen since 2015?

September 2026 · Source: Eurostat

Albania: 127Austria: 155Belgium: 134Bulgaria: 164Switzerland: 116Cyprus: 136Czechia: 159Germany: 121Denmark: 121Estonia: 173Greece: 122Spain: 117Finland: 119France: 112Croatia: 178Hungary: 213Ireland: 186Iceland: 189Italy: 117Lithuania: 204Luxembourg: 116Latvia: 133Montenegro: 183North Macedonia: 123Malta: 159Netherlands: 138Norway: 133Poland: 182Portugal: 145Romania: 223Serbia: 202Sweden: 130Slovenia: 194Slovakia: 135
  • 100 to 125
  • 125 to 150
  • 150 to 175
  • 175 to 200
  • 200 and over
  • No figure

2015 = 100, so 200 means rents doubled

Rents since 2015, September 2026, every country, highest first
RankCountrySince 2015
1Romania223.27
2Hungary213.06
3Lithuania204.04
4Serbia (not in the EU)201.82
5Slovenia194.06
6Iceland (not in the EU)189.29
7Ireland186.07
8Montenegro (not in the EU)183.30
9Poland181.54
10Croatia178.33
11Estonia172.58
12Bulgaria163.89
13Malta159.21
14Czechia159.08
15Austria155.06
16Portugal144.79
17Netherlands138.20
18Cyprus136.02
19Slovakia135.11
20Belgium134.35
21Latvia133.01
22Norway (not in the EU)132.84
23Sweden130.15
24Albania (not in the EU)127.14
EU average124.70
25North Macedonia (not in the EU)122.89
26Greece121.71
27Germany121.16
28Denmark120.72
29Finland118.54
30Italy117.10
31Spain117.05
32Luxembourg116.47
33Switzerland (not in the EU)115.68
34France111.70

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

Consumer price index for rents actually paid by tenants.

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.