Overcrowding rate by household type - total population by country

Countries reporting
38
Highest
25.4%
Latvia
Lowest
0.0%
Malta
Median
9.0%
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
825

What the numbers show

Overcrowding rate by household type - total population is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 25.4% in Latvia; the lowest is 0.0% in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.0%, and the mean is 9.9%.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 271.4%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).

Overcrowding rate by household type - total population: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Latvia 25.4% 2025 up 2.4% falling
2 Serbia 21.0% 2025 down 25.8% falling
3 Finland 20.8% 2025 up 25.3% falling
4 Sweden 20.4% 2025 down 11.3% flat
5 Poland 16.9% 2025 down 29.0% falling
6 Lithuania 15.0% 2025 up 38.9% volatile
7 Montenegro 14.9% 2023 up 30.7% flat
8 Slovakia 14.2% 2025 down 30.7% falling
9 Austria 13.8% 2025 up 2.2% rising
10 Estonia 13.2% 2025 up 135.7% volatile
11 Croatia 12.8% 2025 down 25.6% falling
12 Germany 12.6% 2025 up 13.5% rising
13 Luxembourg 11.8% 2025 up 1.7% falling
14 Czechia 11.6% 2025 down 7.9% falling
14 North Macedonia 11.6% 2024 down 33.7% flat
16 Denmark 10.3% 2025 down 8.0% rising
17 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 9.5% 2021 up 3.3% flat
18 France 9.3% 2025 up 14.8% falling
19 Iceland 9.0% 2020 down 15.9% falling
19 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 9.0% 2019 down 9.1% falling
21 Bulgaria 8.9% 2025 down 35.5% falling
22 Romania 8.8% 2025 down 16.2% falling
23 Albania 8.6% 2023 down 37.2% falling
24 Switzerland 7.9% 2024 up 3.9% flat
25 Norway 7.6% 2025 down 26.2% falling
26 Greece 7.3% 2025 down 20.7% falling
27 Slovenia 6.8% 2025 down 33.3% volatile
27 Italy 6.8% 2025 down 18.1% rising
29 Netherlands 5.9% 2025 up 3.5% rising
30 Ireland 5.2% 2025 up 271.4% volatile
31 Belgium 4.6% 2025 up 187.5% falling
32 Hungary 4.4% 2025 down 68.3% volatile
33 Portugal 3.3% 2025 up 175.0% falling
34 Spain 2.7% 2025 up 50.0% rising
35 Cyprus 2.4% 2025 up 100.0% flat
36 Türkiye 1.9% 2025 down 63.5% falling
37 United Kingdom 0.5% 2018 down 64.3% volatile
38 Malta 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Overcrowding rate by household type - total population
Unit
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
44 places, 825 data points, 2003–2025
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