European ranking
24 / 29
No change from the previous year
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Current reading for Average number of rooms per person in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Average number of rooms per person
Latest value
2.00 Rooms per person
European ranking
24 / 29
No change from the previous year
Compared with Europe
+0.4 puntos
Ireland is 0.4 points above the European average.
EU: 1.64
Affected population
5.4M
Year: 2025
Embedded regional ranking preview with real regional values and shared semantic bars.
Indicator: Average number of rooms per person
Granularity: Regions
Eastern and Midland
1.90
Northern and Western
2.00
Southern
2.10
Ireland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Average number of rooms per person, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
In Ireland, Rooms per person stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 2 rooms per person versus 1.6 rooms per person in 2025, a large gap of 0.4 rooms per person.
In Ireland, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 2.1 in 2020 to 2.0 in 2025. The latest value changes little from 2.0 in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous deterioration.
In Ireland, regional values for Rooms per person are relatively close. Across 3 comparable regions, Southern Ireland records the highest value (2.1 rooms per person) and Eastern and Midland Ireland the lowest (1.9 rooms per person), a gap of 0.2 rooms per person.
In Ireland, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.