Overcrowding rate in Spain
9.5% of people in Spain lived in an overcrowded home in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2004. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Spain, 2025
9.5%
Change from 2024
+0.4percentage points
European Union, 2025
16.8%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
14.2%
Position in 2025
23rd of 31
Overcrowding rate in Spain over time
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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Spain | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.5% | 16.8% |
| 2024 | 9.1% | 16.9% |
| 2023 | 7.6% | 16.8% |
| 2022 | 6.6% | 16.8% |
| 2021 | 6.4% | 17.3% |
| 2020 | 7.6% | 17.4% |
| 2019 | 5.9% | 17.1% |
| 2018 | 4.7% | 17.1%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 5.1% | 17.5%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 5.4% | 17.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 5.5% | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 5.3% | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 5.2% | 18.3%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 5.6% | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 6.6%b (break in time series) | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 5.0% | 19.1%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 5.2% | – |
| 2008 | 5.6% | – |
| 2007 | 5.8% | – |
| 2006 | 6.5% | – |
| 2005 | 8.4%b (break in time series) | – |
| 2004 | 13.6% | – |
Flags: b break in time series; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 9.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 5.5%, the figure has changed by +4.0 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Spain has the 23rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 16.8%.
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