Housing costs claim nearly one-third of Turkish household budgets

Housing costs continue to command an increasingly large share of Turkish household budgets, as data on Tuesday showed they accounted for almost a third of their spending in 2025.

Housing and rent category's share in total household consumption expenditures rose to 29.3% from 26% in 2024, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said.

Transportation ranked second with a 20.5% share, down from 21.6% in the previous year.

Food and non-alcoholic beverages wrapped up the top three categories with a share of 17.3%, compared to 18.1% in 2024, the data showed.

At the other end of the scale, insurance and financial services represented just 0.8% of household spending, up from 0.7%, while education and health accounted for 1.8% and 2.2%, respectively. That compared to 1.6% and 2.3%, respectively, in the previous year.