Share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Estonia
Estonia: Share of urban population living in inadequate housing was 8.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Estonia, 2005–2025
Source: United Nations Human Settlements Programme – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Estonia stood at 8.8%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Estonia peaked at 8.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2008.
Estonia ranks 12th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Estonia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7.9% | — |
| 2006 | 6.8% | -13.9% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | -23.5% |
| 2008 | 3.6% | -30.8% |
| 2009 | 4.4% | +22.2% |
| 2010 | 6.0% | +36.4% |
| 2011 | 7.4% | +23.3% |
| 2012 | 7.9% | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 7.1% | -10.1% |
| 2014 | 8.3% | +16.9% |
| 2015 | 6.8% | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 4.9% | -27.9% |
| 2017 | 4.8% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 4.0% | -16.7% |
| 2019 | 4.4% | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 4.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4.5% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 5.0% | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 7.6% | +52.0% |
| 2024 | 8.6% | +13.2% |
| 2025 | 8.8% | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.6% | 3.6% | 7.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 6.2% | 4.0% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.5% | 4.4% | 8.8% | 6 |
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More population data for Estonia
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.6551 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.6697 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -0.5636 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.6697 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.7% (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 30,706 people (2100)
- Population density 19.31 people per km² (2100)
- World population growth -0.7% (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.3052 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, per capita 0.288 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Estonia?
- Share of urban population living in inadequate housing in Estonia was 8.8% in 2025, according to United Nations Human Settlements Programme – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of urban population living in inadequate housing recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of urban population living in inadequate housing recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2008.
- How does Estonia rank for share of urban population living in inadequate housing?
- Estonia ranks 12th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of urban population living in inadequate housing rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Human Settlements Programme – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of urban population living in inadequate housing. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of urban population living in inadequate housing (%).