Housing Affordability by country
Median house price relative to median annual income (higher = less affordable).
Global trend
Mean stress score across all countries for which data is available, over the last 12 months.
Where the pressure is concentrated
The five most-affected and five least-affected countries on this indicator right now.
Most affected
- 1Singapore14.8 ratio91
- 2Israel13.6 ratio82
- 3India11.1 ratio62
- 4Australia11.0 ratio62
- 5New Zealand10.7 ratio59
Least affected
- 1Japan4.60 ratio12
- 2Mexico5.00 ratio15
- 3United States5.40 ratio19
- 4UAE5.50 ratio19
- 5South Africa5.90 ratio22
Full ranking
All 25 tracked countries, ordered from most to least affected. Click any country to see its full composite breakdown.
| # | Country | Raw value | Stress score | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 14.8 ratio | 90.8 | 2024-12-31 |
| 2 | Israel | 13.6 ratio | 81.5 | 2024-12-31 |
| 3 | India | 11.1 ratio | 62.3 | 2024-12-31 |
| 4 | Australia | 11.0 ratio | 61.5 | 2024-12-31 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 10.7 ratio | 59.2 | 2024-12-31 |
| 6 | Canada | 9.80 ratio | 52.3 | 2024-12-31 |
| 7 | Turkey | 9.50 ratio | 50.0 | 2024-12-31 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 9.30 ratio | 48.5 | 2024-12-31 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 9.20 ratio | 47.7 | 2024-12-31 |
| 10 | South Korea | 9.10 ratio | 46.9 | 2024-12-31 |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 8.60 ratio | 43.1 | 2024-12-31 |
| 12 | France | 8.50 ratio | 42.3 | 2024-12-31 |
| 13 | Sweden | 8.40 ratio | 41.5 | 2024-12-31 |
| 14 | Norway | 8.00 ratio | 38.5 | 2024-12-31 |
| 15 | Brazil | 7.80 ratio | 36.9 | 2024-12-31 |
| 16 | Germany | 7.30 ratio | 33.1 | 2024-12-31 |
| 17 | Poland | 7.20 ratio | 32.3 | 2024-12-31 |
| 18 | Spain | 7.10 ratio | 31.5 | 2024-12-31 |
| 19 | Italy | 6.80 ratio | 29.2 | 2024-12-31 |
| 20 | Argentina | 6.40 ratio | 26.2 | 2024-12-31 |
| 21 | South Africa | 5.90 ratio | 22.3 | 2024-12-31 |
| 22 | UAE | 5.50 ratio | 19.2 | 2024-12-31 |
| 23 | United States | 5.40 ratio | 18.5 | 2024-12-31 |
| 24 | Mexico | 5.00 ratio | 15.4 | 2024-12-31 |
| 25 | Japan | 4.60 ratio | 12.3 | 2024-12-31 |
Why it matters
Housing Affordability is a contributing indicator to the Economic meta-index, one of the five dimensions of The Human Index composite. Higher raw value = more stress.
Movements in this indicator are tracked daily and feed into every country's composite score on the next cron cycle.
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Raw values are normalized to a 0–100 stress scale per the bounds documented in the codebase. See methodology for the full normalization and band-threshold derivation.