Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - population without single-person households by country
Countries reporting
37
Highest
63.6
Montenegro
Lowest
2.1
Cyprus
Median
14.3
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
825
What the numbers show
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - population without single-person households is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 63.6 in Montenegro; the lowest is 2.1 in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.3, and the mean is 20.84.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium (up 360.0%), and the largest decrease in Hungary (down 64.3%).
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - population without: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montenegro | 63.6 | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 2 | Albania | 58 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 3 | Serbia | 49.4 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 4 | Romania | 45.1 | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 5 | Latvia | 41.9 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 6 | North Macedonia | 39.9 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 37.5 | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 8 | Croatia | 34 | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 9 | Lithuania | 33.7 | 2025 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 10 | Poland | 32.2 | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 11 | Greece | 31.7 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 12 | Slovakia | 28.2 | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 13 | Italy | 27.8 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 14 | Estonia | 19.2 | 2025 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Czechia | 17.5 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 16 | European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) | 16.7 | 2019 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 17 | Hungary | 16.3 | 2025 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 18 | Sweden | 14.4 | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 19 | Austria | 14.3 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 20 | Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) | 13.9 | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 21 | Portugal | 13.8 | 2025 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 22 | Iceland | 11.6 | 2020 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 23 | Germany | 11.5 | 2025 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 24 | France | 11.2 | 2025 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 25 | Slovenia | 11 | 2025 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Spain | 10.3 | 2025 | up 74.6% | flat |
| 27 | Denmark | 9.8 | 2025 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 8.1 | 2025 | up 35.0% | falling |
| 29 | Switzerland | 7.6 | 2024 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 30 | Belgium | 6.9 | 2025 | up 360.0% | rising |
| 31 | Norway | 6.5 | 2025 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.5 | 2018 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 32 | Finland | 5.5 | 2025 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 34 | Malta | 5.4 | 2025 | up 31.7% | falling |
| 34 | Ireland | 5.4 | 2025 | up 35.0% | falling |
| 36 | Netherlands | 3.7 | 2025 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 37 | Cyprus | 2.1 | 2025 | up 50.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.