Overcrowding rate by country, 2025, European Union (27 countries)
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.
27 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Romania (40.4%). Lowest: Cyprus (2.2%). The median is 14.2%.
Members since the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. About this group
Highest 10
Lowest 10
- 27. Cyprus 2.2%
- 26. Netherlands 4.1%
- 25. Malta 4.7%
- 24. Ireland 5.4%
- 23. Belgium 6.6%
- 22. Luxembourg 8.8%b (break in time series)
- 21. Spain 9.5%
- 20. Finland 9.5%
- 19. Denmark 9.9%
- 18. Slovenia 10.5%
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Source: Eurostat.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 40.4% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Latvia | 38.9% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 32.5% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Croatia | 31.8% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Poland | 30.9% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Greece | 28.3% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Lithuania | 27.8%p (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 8 | Slovakia | 27.8% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Italy | 24.3% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Estonia | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Czechia | 16.7% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Sweden | 15.7% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Hungary | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Austria | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Portugal | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Germany | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| 17 | France | 10.8% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Slovenia | 10.5% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Denmark | 9.9% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Finland | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Spain | 9.5% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 8.8%b (break in time series) | 2025 | |
| 23 | Belgium | 6.6% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Ireland | 5.4% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Malta | 4.7% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Netherlands | 4.1% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Cyprus | 2.2% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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