Overcrowding rate in European Union
16.8% of people in the European Union lived in an overcrowded home in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
16.8%
Change from 2024
−0.1percentage points
Overcrowding rate in European Union over time
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European Union
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.8% |
| 2024 | 16.9% |
| 2023 | 16.8% |
| 2022 | 16.8% |
| 2021 | 17.3% |
| 2020 | 17.4% |
| 2019 | 17.1% |
| 2018 | 17.1%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 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 −0.1 percentage points from 16.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 18.1%, the figure has changed by −1.3 percentage points.
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