European ranking
29 / 30
Improved by 1 positions since the previous year
Netherlands: Overcrowding rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Netherlands
Current reading for Overcrowding rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Overcrowding rate
Latest value
4.10 Percent of population
Compared with Europe
-19.5 puntos
Netherlands is 19.5 points below the European average.
EU: 22.31
Affected population
≈ 0.74 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Overcrowding rate
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At a glance
Netherlands 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 Netherlands
In Netherlands, Overcrowding stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 4.1% versus 18.6% in 2025, a large gap of 14.5 percentage points.
Recent trend
In the Netherlands, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 4.80% in 2020 to 4.10% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 4.60% in 2024 to 4.10% in 2025, shows material improvement and provides a clearer recent signal.
Reading within the topic
In Netherlands, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.