Overcrowding rate in Iceland
11.3% of people in Iceland lived in an overcrowded home in 2020.
The latest value for Iceland is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2025.
Iceland, 2020
11.3%
Change from 2019
−2.2percentage points
European Union, 2020
17.4%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2020
11.1%
Overcrowding rate in Iceland over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Iceland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 16.8% |
| 2024 | – | 16.9% |
| 2023 | – | 16.8% |
| 2022 | – | 16.8% |
| 2021 | – | 17.3% |
| 2020 | 11.3% | 17.4% |
| 2019 | 13.5% | 17.1% |
| 2018 | 10.4% | 17.1%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 7.9% | 17.5%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 7.4% | 17.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 8.3% | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 8.0% | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 9.1% | 18.3%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 7.9% | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 7.6% | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 7.2% | 19.1%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 7.3% | – |
| 2008 | 6.3% | – |
| 2007 | 10.7% | – |
| 2006 | 8.7% | – |
| 2005 | 7.9% | – |
| 2004 | 8.1% | – |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −2.2 percentage points from 13.5% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 7.2%, the figure has changed by +4.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2020 was 17.4%.
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Average household size
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