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Overcrowded Housing country ranking

Countries ranked by Overcrowded Housing across Europe.

Indicator: overcrowding_rate Year: 2025 Granularity: country

Ranking controls

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Eurostat indicator: Overcrowding rate

This indicator is available at country level only.

Burden ranking

Countries most affected by housing

Higher values indicate higher burden.

Top country: Serbia · Lowest in ranking: Cyprus

Editorial summary

Key takeaways

  • Top country: Serbia · Lowest in ranking: Cyprus
  • Overcrowded Housing ranking uses country scope for year 2025.
  • Top position: Serbia (46.00).
  • Lower end: Cyprus (2.20).
  • Current ranking includes 30 countries.

Editorial detail

Editorial insights

Top country: Serbia · Lowest in ranking: Cyprus

Indicator: Overcrowded Housing

Granularity: Countries

  1. 1
    –

    Serbia

    46.00

    -0.60
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  2. 2
    –

    Romania

    40.40

    -0.30
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  3. 3
    –

    Latvia

    38.90

    -0.40
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  4. 4
    ▲ 1

    Turkey

    37.80

    -0.40
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  5. 5
    ▲ 1

    Bulgaria

    32.50

    -1.30
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  6. 6
    ▲ 2

    Croatia

    31.80

    +0.10
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  7. 7
    –

    Poland

    30.90

    -2.80
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  8. 8
    ▲ 2

    Greece

    28.30

    +1.30
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  9. 9
    ▲ 2

    Lithuania

    27.80

    +1.50
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  10. 9
    –

    Slovakia

    27.80

    -2.10
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  11. 11
    ▲ 1

    Italy

    24.30

    +0.40
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  12. 12
    ▲ 1

    Estonia

    17.90

    -0.50
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  13. 13
    ▲ 2

    Czechia

    16.70

    +0.10
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  14. 14
    –

    Sweden

    15.70

    -1.00
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  15. 15
    ▲ 1

    Hungary

    14.60

    +0.00
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  16. 16
    ▲ 1

    Austria

    14.20

    +0.50
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  17. 17
    ▲ 2

    Portugal

    12.70

    +1.50
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  18. 18
    –

    Germany

    11.70

    +0.20
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  19. 19
    ▲ 2

    France

    10.80

    +0.40
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  20. 20
    –

    Slovenia

    10.50

    -0.10
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  21. 21
    ▲ 1

    Denmark

    9.90

    +0.60
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  22. 22
    ▲ 1

    Finland

    9.50

    +0.40
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  23. 22
    ▲ 1

    Spain

    9.50

    +0.40
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  24. 24
    ▲ 2

    Luxembourg

    8.80

    +2.00
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  25. 25
    ▲ 3

    Norway

    6.80

    +1.00
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  26. 26
    ▲ 1

    Belgium

    6.60

    +0.10
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  27. 27
    ▲ 2

    Ireland

    5.40

    +0.40
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  28. 28
    ▲ 3

    Malta

    4.70

    +1.00
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  29. 29
    ▲ 1

    Netherlands

    4.10

    -0.50
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  30. 30
    ▲ 2

    Cyprus

    2.20

    -0.20
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Ranking highlights

2025 values. Changes compare 2025 vs 2024.

Overcrowded Housing

Increase = worse Decrease = better

By level in 2025

Top 5 countries

2025 values

  1. #1 Serbia 46.00
  2. #2 Romania 40.40
  3. #3 Latvia 38.90
  4. #4 Turkey 37.80
  5. #5 Bulgaria 32.50

Bottom 5 countries

2025 values

  1. #30 Cyprus 2.20
  2. #29 Netherlands 4.10
  3. #28 Malta 4.70
  4. #27 Ireland 5.40
  5. #26 Belgium 6.60

By change (2025 vs 2024)

Largest increase vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Luxembourg +2.00
  2. #2 Lithuania +1.50
  3. #3 Portugal +1.50
  4. #4 Greece +1.30
  5. #5 Norway +1.00

Largest decrease vs previous year

2025 vs 2024

  1. #1 Poland -2.80
  2. #2 Slovakia -2.10
  3. #3 Bulgaria -1.30
  4. #4 Sweden -1.00
  5. #5 Serbia -0.60