Overcrowding rate by household type - total population by country
Countries reporting
47
Highest
27.1%
Latvia
Lowest
0.0%
Malta
Median
11.3%
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
1,004
What the numbers show
Overcrowding rate by household type - total population is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 27.1% in Latvia; the lowest is 0.0% in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.3%, and the mean is 11.4%.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 27 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 | Poland | 18.3% | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 7 | Serbia | 18.2% | 2025 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 8 | Estonia | 17.6% | 2025 | up 193.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Poland | 16.9% | 2025 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 10 | Germany | 16.6% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 11 | Lithuania | 15.7% | 2025 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Lithuania | 15.0% | 2025 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Slovakia | 14.2% | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 13.7% | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 15 | Croatia | 13.3% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 15 | Czechia | 13.3% | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 17 | Estonia | 13.2% | 2025 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Denmark | 13.2% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 19 | Croatia | 12.8% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | France | 12.0% | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 22 | Slovakia | 11.8% | 2025 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 23 | Iceland | 11.5% | 2020 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 24 | Romania | 11.3% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 25 | Montenegro | 11.2% | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 26 | North Macedonia | 11.1% | 2024 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | Albania | 10.3% | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 29 | Switzerland | 9.5% | 2024 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 30 | Greece | 8.9% | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 30 | Slovenia | 8.9% | 2025 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 8.7% | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 33 | Norway | 7.8% | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 33 | Italy | 7.8% | 2025 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 35 | Netherlands | 7.2% | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 36 | Slovenia | 6.8% | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Ireland | 6.3% | 2025 | up 320.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Netherlands | 5.9% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 39 | Belgium | 5.7% | 2025 | up 137.5% | falling |
| 40 | Portugal | 5.1% | 2025 | up 292.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Hungary | 4.6% | 2025 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Cyprus | 3.3% | 2025 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 43 | Spain | 3.0% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 44 | Türkiye | 2.3% | 2025 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 0.8% | 2018 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 46 | United Kingdom | 0.5% | 2018 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Malta | 0.0% | 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.