Overcrowding rate in Norway
6.8% of people in Norway lived in an overcrowded home in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2003. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Norway, 2025
6.8%
Change from 2024
+1.0percentage points
European Union, 2025
16.8%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
13.5%
Position in 2025
26th of 31
Overcrowding rate in Norway 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 | Norway | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.8% | 16.8% |
| 2024 | 5.8% | 16.9% |
| 2023 | 6.0% | 16.8% |
| 2022 | 5.9% | 16.8% |
| 2021 | 6.5%b (break in time series) | 17.3% |
| 2020 | 6.2% | 17.4% |
| 2019 | 6.1% | 17.1% |
| 2018 | 6.0% | 17.1%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 5.3% | 17.5%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 5.1% | 17.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 5.2% | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 4.6% | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 6.0% | 18.3%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 5.6% | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 5.1% | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 5.3% | 19.1%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 5.0% | – |
| 2008 | 5.2% | – |
| 2007 | 5.3% | – |
| 2006 | 5.3% | – |
| 2005 | 5.8% | – |
| 2004 | 6.2% | – |
| 2003 | 5.4% | – |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 5.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 5.2%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Norway has the 26th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 16.8%.
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