Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Sweden
Sweden: Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population was 15.7 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Sweden, 2004–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
The most recent figure for overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Sweden is 15.7, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.0% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Sweden peaked at 16.7 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10, in 2007.
That places Sweden 16th out of 37 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11.8 | — |
| 2005 | 10.7 | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 10.7 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10 | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 11 | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 12.1 | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 13.1 | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 13.5 | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 12.9 | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 13 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 12.7 | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 13.9 | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 14.4 | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 13.5 | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 15.2 | +12.6% |
| 2019 | 15.6 | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 15.6 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 15.7 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 15.9 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 16.4 | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 16.7 | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 15.7 | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.05 | 10 | 12.1 | 6 |
| 2010s | 13.78 | 12.7 | 15.6 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Sweden?
- Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population in Sweden was 15.7 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7 in 2024.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 in 2007.
- How does Sweden rank for overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population?
- Sweden ranks 16th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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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