European ranking
18 / 30
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Germany: Overcrowding rate
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Country overview
Germany
Current reading for Overcrowding rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Overcrowding rate
Latest value
11.70 Percent of population
Compared with Europe
+5.1 puntos
Germany is 5.1 points above the European average.
EU: 22.31
Affected population
≈ 9.78 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Overcrowding rate
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At a glance
Germany performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Overcrowding rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed deterioration. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Germany
In Germany, Overcrowding stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 11.7% versus 18.6% in 2025, a large gap of 6.9 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Germany, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 10.20% in 2020 to 11.70% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 11.50% in 2024, so the previous deterioration continues but with less intensity.
Reading within the topic
In Germany, 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.