European ranking
25 / 30
Worsened by 1 positions since the previous year
Norway: Overcrowding rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Norway
Current reading for Overcrowding rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Overcrowding rate
Latest value
6.80 Percent of population
Compared with Europe
-15.5 puntos
Norway is 15.5 points below the European average.
EU: 22.31
Affected population
≈ 0.38 million people affected
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Overcrowding rate
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At a glance
Norway 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 Norway
In Norway, Overcrowding stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 6.8% versus 18.6% in 2025, a large gap of 11.8 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Norway, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 6.20% in 2020 to 6.80% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 5.80% in 2024 to 6.80% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Reading within the topic
In Norway, 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.