Overcrowding rate in Slovakia
27.8% of people in Slovakia lived in an overcrowded home in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2005.
Slovakia, 2025
27.8%
Change from 2024
−2.1percentage points
European Union, 2025
16.8%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
14.2%
Position in 2025
11th of 31
Overcrowding rate in Slovakia over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Slovakia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.8% | 16.8% |
| 2024 | 29.9% | 16.9% |
| 2023 | 30.5% | 16.8% |
| 2022 | 31.8% | 16.8% |
| 2021 | 31.2% | 17.3% |
| 2020 | 30.1% | 17.4% |
| 2019 | 34.1% | 17.1% |
| 2018 | 35.5% | 17.1%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 36.4% | 17.5%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 37.9% | 17.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 37.8% | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 38.6% | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 39.8% | 18.3%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 38.4% | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 39.5% | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 40.1% | 19.1%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 39.7% | – |
| 2008 | 42.9% | – |
| 2007 | 43.3% | – |
| 2006 | 45.9% | – |
| 2005 | 46.6% | – |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −2.1 percentage points from 29.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 37.8%, the figure has changed by −10.0 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Slovakia has the 11th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 16.8%.
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