Overcrowding rate in Albania
52.6% of people in Albania lived in an overcrowded home in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2017.
Albania, 2025
52.6%
Change from 2024
−0.5percentage points
European Union, 2025
16.8%
Position in 2025
1st of 31
Overcrowding rate in Albania over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Albania | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.6% | 16.8% |
| 2024 | 53.1% | 16.9% |
| 2023 | 57.1% | 16.8% |
| 2022 | 57.4% | 16.8% |
| 2021 | 58.0% | 17.3% |
| 2020 | 58.1% | 17.4% |
| 2019 | 60.7% | 17.1% |
| 2018 | 62.9% | 17.1%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 63.8% | 17.5%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | – | 17.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | – | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | – | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | – | 18.3%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | – | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | – | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | – | 19.1%e (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 53.1% in 2024.
- Since 2017, when it was 63.8%, the figure has changed by −11.2 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Albania has the highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 16.8%.
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