Overcrowding rate

People living in a dwelling that does not have the minimum number of rooms for the household size, under the EU-SILC definition based on household composition and ages.

Unit: % of population Frequency: Annual Coverage: 37 countries and 1 group 2003 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2025 52.6% Albania Lowest in 2025 2.2% Cyprus
European Union, 2025 16.8% Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025 31 Updated by the source on 20 October 2026

31 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.

Trend over time

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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Overcrowding rate (% of population), 2005 to 2025
Period RomaniaSlovakia
2025 40.4% 27.8%
2024 40.7% 29.9%
2023 40.0% 30.5%
2022 40.5% 31.8%
2021 41.0% 31.2%
2020 45.1% 30.1%
2019 45.8% 34.1%
2018 46.3% 35.5%
2017 47.0% 36.4%
2016 48.4% 37.9%
2015 49.7% 37.8%
2014 49.4% 38.6%
2013 50.6% 39.8%
2012 51.6% 38.4%
2011 51.4% 39.5%
2010 52.0% 40.1%
2009 53.4% 39.7%
2008 54.8% 42.9%
2007 55.9% 43.3%
2006 – 45.9%
2005 – 46.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • Among the 31 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Albania (52.6%) and the lowest Cyprus (2.2%).
  • Half of the countries are above 14.6% and half below.
  • From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 17 countries and fell in 13.
  • The figure for the European Union was 16.8% in 2025, against 17.4% in 2020 (−0.6 percentage points).

About this measure

Definition
People living in a dwelling that does not have the minimum number of rooms for the household size, under the EU-SILC definition based on household composition and ages.
Population covered
All people living in private households
Unit
% of population
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
ilc_lvho05a · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=PC rskpovth=TOTAL age=TOTAL sex=T
Observation period
2003 to 2025
Provider update
20 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Albania 52.6%
  2. 2 Serbia 46.0%
  3. 3 Romania 40.4%
  4. 4 Latvia 38.9%
  5. 5 Türkiye 37.8%
  6. 6 Bulgaria 32.5%
  7. 7 Croatia 31.8%
  8. 8 Poland 30.9%
  9. 9 Greece 28.3%
  10. 10 Lithuania 27.8%p (provisional)
  11. 11 Slovakia 27.8%
  12. 12 Italy 24.3%
  13. 13 Estonia 17.9%
  14. 14 Czechia 16.7%
  15. 15 Sweden 15.7%
  16. 16 Hungary 14.6%
  17. 17 Austria 14.2%
  18. 18 Portugal 12.7%
  19. 19 Germany 11.7%
  20. 20 France 10.8%
  21. 21 Slovenia 10.5%
  22. 22 Denmark 9.9%
  23. 23 Finland 9.5%
  24. 24 Spain 9.5%
  25. 25 Luxembourg 8.8%b (break in time series)
  26. 26 Norway 6.8%
  27. 27 Belgium 6.6%
  28. 28 Ireland 5.4%
  29. 29 Malta 4.7%
  30. 30 Netherlands 4.1%
  31. 31 Cyprus 2.2%
  32. European Union 16.8%
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.