European ranking
4 / 32
No change from the previous year
North Macedonia: Overcrowding rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
North Macedonia
Current reading for Overcrowding rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Overcrowding rate
Latest value
38.30 Percent of population
Compared with Europe
+19.5 puntos
North Macedonia is 19.5 points above the European average.
EU: 18.84
Affected population
≈ 0.70 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Overcrowding rate
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At a glance
North Macedonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Overcrowding rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in North Macedonia
In North Macedonia, Overcrowding stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 38.3% versus 18.8% in 2024, a large gap of 19.5 percentage points.
Recent trend
In North Macedonia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 43.50% in 2019 to 38.30% in 2024. The latest value changes little from 38.10% in 2023, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
Reading within the topic
In North Macedonia, 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.