Overcrowding rate in Malta
4.7% of people in Malta lived in an overcrowded home in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.
Malta, 2025
4.7%
Change from 2024
+1.0percentage points
European Union, 2025
16.8%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
14.2%
Position in 2025
29th of 31
Overcrowding rate in Malta 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 | Malta | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7% | 16.8% |
| 2024 | 3.7% | 16.9% |
| 2023 | 2.4% | 16.8% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | 16.8% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | 17.3% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | 17.4% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | 17.1% |
| 2018 | 3.4% | 17.1%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 3.0% | 17.5%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 3.0% | 17.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 3.8% | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 4.0% | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 4.5% | 18.3%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 4.0% | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 4.4% | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 4.0% | 19.1%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 3.8% | – |
| 2008 | 3.9% | – |
| 2007 | 4.2% | – |
| 2006 | 3.5% | – |
| 2005 | 3.8% | – |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 3.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.8%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Malta has the 29th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 16.8%.
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