{"id":643741,"date":"2026-07-30T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=643741"},"modified":"2026-07-30T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:45:00","slug":"housing-affordability-is-a-global-issue-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=643741","title":{"rendered":"Housing Affordability Is A Global Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Housing Affordability Is A Global Issue<\/span><\/p>\n

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Housing affordability has become a defining economic issue across much of the world, but the relationship between home prices and incomes differs more than many people realize.<\/p>\n

Using data from the\u00a0UN Habitat World Cities Report 2026<\/a>, Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld created this map<\/a> comparing median home prices with annual household incomes across more than 180 countries, revealing where buying a home is relatively attainable\u2014and where it remains far out of reach.<\/p>\n

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The World\u2019s Most Affordable Housing Markets<\/h2>\n

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have the lowest home price-to-income ratios in the dataset at 3.0. The U.S. ranks seventh-lowest at 4.5, below Canada (9.4), Australia (7.5), and the UK (8.3).<\/p>\n

The ratio shows how many years of median household income would be needed to match the median home price. A lower figure indicates greater affordability, though the measure does not account for mortgage rates or other homeownership costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nHome Price-to-Income Ratio<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6 Saudi Arabia<\/td>\n3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea UAE<\/td>\n3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 South Africa<\/td>\n3.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf5 North Korea<\/td>\n3.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf4\ud83c\uddf2 Oman<\/td>\n3.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf7 Nauru<\/td>\n4.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 U.S.<\/td>\n4.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddfb Tuvalu<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\udde6 Namibia<\/td>\n5.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf1 Timor-Leste<\/td>\n5.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf2 Saint Pierre and Miquelon<\/td>\n5.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf6\ud83c\udde6 Qatar<\/td>\n5.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf9 Bhutan<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddff Belize<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde7 Solomon Islands<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddfc Palau<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf4 Tonga<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 State of Palestine<\/td>\n5.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\udde6 Laos<\/td>\n5.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf2 Dominica<\/td>\n5.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddee Nicaragua<\/td>\n5.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddfa Vanuatu<\/td>\n5.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde9 Grenada<\/td>\n5.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddef Fiji<\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddec Papua New Guinea<\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfc\ud83c\uddf8 Samoa<\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf9 Trinidad and Tobago<\/td>\n6.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfa Mauritius<\/td>\n6.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddea R\u00e9union<\/td>\n6.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf2 Jamaica<\/td>\n6.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\udde8 Saint Lucia<\/td>\n6.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddf9 Mayotte<\/td>\n6.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udded Saint Helena<\/td>\n6.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Belgium<\/td>\n6.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddee Kiribati<\/td>\n6.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde8 Seychelles<\/td>\n6.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Denmark<\/td>\n6.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddfe Paraguay<\/td>\n6.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf2 Micronesia<\/td>\n6.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfb Cabo Verde<\/td>\n6.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfe Cyprus<\/td>\n6.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf8 Iceland<\/td>\n7.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf3 Saint Kitts and Nevis<\/td>\n7.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udded Marshall Islands<\/td>\n7.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfe Libya<\/td>\n7.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddff Eswatini<\/td>\n7.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfb Maldives<\/td>\n7.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Netherlands<\/td>\n7.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde7 Barbados<\/td>\n7.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea Ireland<\/td>\n7.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf8 Lesotho<\/td>\n7.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf4 Jordan<\/td>\n7.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa Australia<\/td>\n7.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf2 Comoros<\/td>\n7.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddef Djibouti<\/td>\n7.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Finland<\/td>\n7.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Spain<\/td>\n7.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddee C\u00f4te d’Ivoire<\/td>\n8.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf3 Senegal<\/td>\n8.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf2 Myanmar<\/td>\n8.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddef Benin<\/td>\n8.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddec Togo<\/td>\n8.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe Malaysia<\/td>\n8.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf6 Iraq<\/td>\n8.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfb Latvia<\/td>\n8.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 Norway<\/td>\n8.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfc Rwanda<\/td>\n8.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde6 Gabon<\/td>\n8.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf9 Sao Tome and Principe<\/td>\n8.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddec Madagascar<\/td>\n8.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf2 Cameroon<\/td>\n8.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddec Congo<\/td>\n8.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf2 Gambia<\/td>\n8.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 UK<\/td>\n8.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\uddf2 Zambia<\/td>\n8.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd Mexico<\/td>\n8.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf2 San Marino<\/td>\n8.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\udded Western Sahara<\/td>\n8.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddeb Burkina Faso<\/td>\n8.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf7 Mauritania<\/td>\n8.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udded Bahrain<\/td>\n8.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfc Malawi<\/td>\n8.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf1 Mali<\/td>\n8.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf8 Bahamas<\/td>\n8.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\n\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf3 Honduras<\/td>\n8.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf1 Sierra Leone<\/td>\n9.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff New Zealand<\/td>\n9.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf7 Eritrea<\/td>\n9.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde9 Sudan<\/td>\n9.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddfc Guinea-Bissau<\/td>\n9.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
91<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf7 Liberia<\/td>\n9.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 India<\/td>\n9.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec Bulgaria<\/td>\n9.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Canada<\/td>\n9.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddee Burundi<\/td>\n9.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
96<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udde9 Andorra<\/td>\n9.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
97<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddee Liechtenstein<\/td>\n9.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf7 Costa Rica<\/td>\n9.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf2 Bermuda<\/td>\n9.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf8 South Sudan<\/td>\n9.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
101<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddea Niger<\/td>\n9.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
102<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 Italy<\/td>\n9.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
103<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded Switzerland<\/td>\n9.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
104<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf3 Guinea<\/td>\n9.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Sweden<\/td>\n9.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
106<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf4 Somalia<\/td>\n10.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf6 Equatorial Guinea<\/td>\n10.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
108<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udde6 Panama<\/td>\n10.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
109<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 Japan<\/td>\n10.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9 Austria<\/td>\n10.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udde9 Chad<\/td>\n10.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
112<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf4 Bolivia<\/td>\n10.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
113<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde9 Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/td>\n10.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
114<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Germany<\/td>\n10.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
115<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddff Kazakhstan<\/td>\n10.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
116<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4 Romania<\/td>\n10.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
117<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddeb Central African Republic<\/td>\n11.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
118<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\udde8 Ecuador<\/td>\n11.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
119<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf4 Angola<\/td>\n11.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
120<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde6 Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/td>\n11.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
121<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddfc Kuwait<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
122<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 Greece<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
123<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddfa Luxembourg<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
124<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddea Estonia<\/td>\n11.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
125<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 France<\/td>\n11.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
126<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf3 Tunisia<\/td>\n11.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf9 Guatemala<\/td>\n11.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
128<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddec Egypt<\/td>\n12.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
129<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde9 Moldova<\/td>\n12.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
130<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf9 Malta<\/td>\n12.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
131<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee Slovenia<\/td>\n12.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
132<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine<\/td>\n12.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
133<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udde9 Bangladesh<\/td>\n12.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
134<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\uddf7 T\u00fcrkiye<\/td>\n12.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
135<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Portugal<\/td>\n12.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
136<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9 Lithuania<\/td>\n12.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
137<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddea Montenegro<\/td>\n13.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
138<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf0 Slovakia<\/td>\n13.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
139<\/td>\n\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf7 Croatia<\/td>\n13.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddea Georgia<\/td>\n13.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
141<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Poland<\/td>\n13.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
142<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf0 North Macedonia<\/td>\n13.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
143<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddfe Uruguay<\/td>\n13.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
144<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddfe Belarus<\/td>\n13.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
145<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 Pakistan<\/td>\n13.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
146<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddeb Afghanistan<\/td>\n14.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
147<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 Israel<\/td>\n14.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
148<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6 Morocco<\/td>\n14.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
149<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddec Kyrgyzstan<\/td>\n14.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
150<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddff Azerbaijan<\/td>\n14.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
151<\/td>\n\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddfa Hungary<\/td>\n14.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
152<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddff Czechia<\/td>\n14.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
153<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddff Uzbekistan<\/td>\n15.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
154<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec Singapore<\/td>\n15.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
155<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf1 Chile<\/td>\n15.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
156<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1 Albania<\/td>\n15.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
157<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf4 Dominican Republic<\/td>\n15.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
158<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf8 Serbia<\/td>\n15.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
159<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea Kenya<\/td>\n16.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
160<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddff Algeria<\/td>\n16.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
161<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf2 Armenia<\/td>\n17.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
162<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf4 Colombia<\/td>\n17.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
163<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf3 Mongolia<\/td>\n17.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
164<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\udde7 Lebanon<\/td>\n18.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
165<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 Brazil<\/td>\n18.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
166<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\udde9 Indonesia<\/td>\n18.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
167<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddea Venezuela<\/td>\n18.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
168<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddea Peru<\/td>\n19.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
169<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 Argentina<\/td>\n22.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
170<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddf3 Vietnam<\/td>\n23.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
171<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded Thailand<\/td>\n24.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
172<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde8 Monaco<\/td>\n25.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
173<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 Iran<\/td>\n25.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
174<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 South Korea<\/td>\n26.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
175<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddec Nigeria<\/td>\n28.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
176<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded Philippines<\/td>\n30.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
177<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\udded Cambodia<\/td>\n32.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
178<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf5 Nepal<\/td>\n32.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
179<\/td>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 China<\/td>\n34.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
180<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf0 Sri Lanka<\/td>\n40.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
181<\/td>\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfe Syrian Arab Republic<\/td>\n86.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
—<\/th>\n\ud83c\udf10 World Average<\/th>\n11.2<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

In Gulf countries, relatively high incomes and government-backed housing initiatives help keep homeownership within reach for many citizens.<\/p>\n

In the U.S., rising mortgage rates and constrained housing supply have weakened affordability in recent years. Even so, home values remain relatively low compared with household incomes on an international basis.<\/p>\n

Around\u00a0three billion people worldwide<\/a>\u00a0remain underserved by the housing market as home prices continue to outpace incomes in many countries.<\/p>\n

Where Buying a Home Is Most Difficult<\/h2>\n

At the other end of the ranking, Syria records the world\u2019s highest home price-to-income ratio at 86.7, followed by Sri Lanka (40.8) and China (34.6). South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines also rank among the world\u2019s least affordable housing markets.<\/p>\n

Although China\u2019s housing market has\u00a0cooled in recent years<\/a>, home prices remain high relative to household incomes after decades of rapid appreciation fueled by urbanization and investment demand.<\/p>\n

Several European countries also post relatively high ratios. Portugal (12.6), France (11.8), Luxembourg (11.5), and Germany (10.7) all rank well above the U.S. (4.5), reflecting affordability pressures across many advanced economies despite generally\u00a0higher incomes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why Housing Affordability Is a Global Challenge<\/h2>\n

The data shows that housing affordability depends less on a country\u2019s overall wealth than on how closely home prices track local incomes.<\/p>\n

Even wealthy economies can become difficult places to buy a home when prices rise faster than wages, while some emerging markets remain comparatively affordable despite lower incomes.<\/p>\n

Learn More on the Voronoi App\u00a0<\/h2>\n

To learn more about this topic, check out this\u00a0graphic<\/a>\u00a0on home price-to-income ratios by state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
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