Overcrowding rate by household type - total population by country
Countries reporting
49
Highest
27.1
Latvia
Lowest
0
Malta
Median
11.5
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
1,032
What the numbers show
Overcrowding rate by household type - total population is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 27.1 in Latvia; the lowest is 0 in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.5, and the mean is 11.7.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 320.0%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).
Overcrowding rate by household type - total population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvia | 27.1 | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 2 | Latvia | 25.4 | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 3 | Sweden | 23.6 | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 4 | Finland | 23.1 | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 5 | Austria | 19.3 | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 6 | Albania | 18.5 | 2025 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 18.3 | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 8 | Serbia | 18.2 | 2025 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 8 | Serbia | 18.2 | 2025 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 10 | Estonia | 17.6 | 2025 | up 193.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 16.9 | 2025 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 12 | Germany | 16.6 | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 13 | Lithuania | 15.7 | 2025 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Lithuania | 15 | 2025 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Slovakia | 14.2 | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 13.7 | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 17 | Croatia | 13.3 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 17 | Czechia | 13.3 | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 19 | Estonia | 13.2 | 2025 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Denmark | 13.2 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 21 | Croatia | 12.8 | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 22 | Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) | 12.4 | 2021 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 23 | France | 12 | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 24 | Slovakia | 11.8 | 2025 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 25 | Iceland | 11.5 | 2020 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 26 | Romania | 11.3 | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 27 | Montenegro | 11.2 | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 11.1 | 2024 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 11.1 | 2024 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 30 | European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) | 10.7 | 2019 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 31 | Switzerland | 9.5 | 2024 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 32 | Slovenia | 8.9 | 2025 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 32 | Greece | 8.9 | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 8.7 | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 35 | Norway | 7.8 | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 35 | Italy | 7.8 | 2025 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 37 | Netherlands | 7.2 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 38 | Slovenia | 6.8 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Ireland | 6.3 | 2025 | up 320.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Netherlands | 5.9 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 41 | Belgium | 5.7 | 2025 | up 137.5% | falling |
| 42 | Portugal | 5.1 | 2025 | up 292.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Hungary | 4.6 | 2025 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Cyprus | 3.3 | 2025 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 45 | Spain | 3 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 46 | Türkiye | 2.3 | 2025 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 0.8 | 2018 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 0.5 | 2018 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Malta | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.