Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026): Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population was 14.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026), 2014–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) recorded 14.3% for overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in 2025. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) peaked at 14.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 13.0%, in 2014.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026), year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13.0% | — |
| 2015 | 13.1% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 13.3% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 13.0% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 13.2% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 13.5% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 14.0% | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 14.2% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 13.7% | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 14.0% | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 14.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 14.3% | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.2% | 13.0% | 13.5% | 6 |
| 2020s | 14.0% | 13.7% | 14.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
More population data for Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level and 266,546 Thousand persons (2025)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level and 14.9% (2025)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level 25.3% (2025)
- Population in private households by educational attainment level 25.3% (2025)
- Private households by degree of urbanisation and NUTS 2 region 163,486 Thousand households (2025)
- Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national 359.15 million (2025)
- Live births (total) by month 2.84 million Number (2024)
- Population on 1 January by age group and sex 358.08 million Number (2025)
- Population on 1 January by broad age group and sex 358.08 million Number (2025)
- Population on 1 January by age and sex 358.08 million Number (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)?
- Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) was 14.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population recorded in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)?
- The highest recorded value was 14.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population recorded in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.0% in 2014.
- How does Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) rank for overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population?
- Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) ranks 4th out of 7 regions with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population rising or falling in Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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