Based on a comparison of 26 countries in 2014, Bulgaria ranked the highest in average house price to gross wage nationwide with 2,116,384 years followed by New Zealand and Slovakia. On the other end of the scale was Germany with 3.40 years, Finland with 3.42 years and Hungary with 3.46 years.
Data for more countries are available at House Price to Gross Wage (Nationwide Average) indicator page.
House Price to Gross Wage (Nationwide Average) | Unit | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Austria | years | ... | ... | 5.65 | 5.46 | 5.51 | 5.72 | 5.77 | ... | |||||||||||||
Belgium | years | 5.04 | 5.09 | 4.99 | 5.21 | 5.23 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Bulgaria | years | 1,449,938 | 2,552,155 | 2,032,984 | 1,771,257 | 2,107,173 | ||||||||||||||||
Canada | years | 5.98 | 5.77 | 5.98 | 6.22 | 6.45 | ... | |||||||||||||||
France | years | 6.22 | 5.46 | 5.49 | 5.46 | 5.27 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Japan | years | 5.97 | 6.23 | 6.20 | 6.38 | 6.18 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Latvia | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.3 | 5.76 | 4.44 | 5.11 | 6.06 | ... | |||||
Luxembourg | years | 5.93 | 5.85 | 5.57 | 5.70 | 5.59 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Netherlands | years | 6.55 | 6.44 | 5.94 | 5.91 | 5.74 | ... | |||||||||||||||
New Zealand | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.84 | 7.90 | 8.33 | 8.00 | 8.12 | ... | ||||||||||
Norway | years | 5.98 | 5.40 | 5.36 | 5.58 | 6.11 | ||||||||||||||||
Poland | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.81 | 6.26 | 7.21 | 6.88 | 6.25 | ... | |||||
Slovakia | years | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.03 | 10.5 | 9.16 | 8.38 | 8.02 | ... | |||||||||||
Sweden | years | 5.68 | 5.53 | 5.67 | 5.90 | 5.81 | ... | |||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | years | 7.73 | 7.75 | 7.51 | 8.21 | 7.86 | ... |