European ranking
19 / 30
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
France: Overcrowding rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
France
Current reading for Overcrowding rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Overcrowding rate
Latest value
10.80 Percent of population
Compared with Europe
+5.2 puntos
France is 5.2 points above the European average.
EU: 22.31
Affected population
≈ 7.44 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Overcrowding rate
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At a glance
France performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Overcrowding rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in France
In France, Overcrowding stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 10.8% versus 18.6% in 2025, a large gap of 7.8 percentage points.
Recent trend
In France, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 9.60% in 2020 to 10.80% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 10.40% in 2024 to 10.80% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Reading within the topic
In France, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.