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Overcrowding rate in Finland

9.5% of people in Finland lived in an overcrowded home in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004.

Measure: Overcrowding rate Unit: % of population Data: 2004 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Finland, 2025 9.5% % of population
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 9.1%
European Union, 2025 16.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 14.2% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 24th of 31 See the full ranking

Overcrowding rate in Finland over time

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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Overcrowding rate (% of population), 2004 to 2025
Period FinlandEuropean Union
2025 9.5% 16.8%
2024 9.1% 16.9%
2023 8.8% 16.8%
2022 8.4% 16.8%
2021 7.4% 17.3%
2020 7.6% 17.4%
2019 7.7% 17.1%
2018 7.3% 17.1%e (estimated)
2017 6.1% 17.5%e (estimated)
2016 6.6% 17.9%e (estimated)
2015 6.7% 18.1%e (estimated)
2014 7.0% 18.1%e (estimated)
2013 6.9% 18.3%e (estimated)
2012 6.0% 18.4%e (estimated)
2011 6.5% 18.4%e (estimated)
2010 6.1% 19.1%e (estimated)
2009 5.9% –
2008 5.8% –
2007 6.1% –
2006 6.3% –
2005 7.0% –
2004 7.2% –

Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 9.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 6.7%, the figure has changed by +2.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Finland has the 24th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 16.8%.

More for Finland

All statistics for Finland
Housing cost overburden rate 4.7% 2025 · Eurostat Home ownership rate 66.9% 2025 · Eurostat House price change -2.3% 2025 · Eurostat Inability to keep home adequately warm 2.6% 2025 · Eurostat Average household size 1.9 people per household 2025 · Eurostat House prices, quarterly -2.7%p (Provisional) Q2 2026 · Eurostat

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
ilc_lvho05a · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A unit=PC rskpovth=TOTAL age=TOTAL sex=T
Observation period
2004 to 2025 for Finland
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat