EU 18.63
· European ranking
26 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Belgium: Overcrowded Housing
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
6.60% of population
EU 18.63 · -12.0 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in a dwelling with fewer rooms than required under the Eurostat overcrowding standard. The minimum number of rooms depends on household composition and the ages of its members.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Overcrowding rate ilc_lvho05a
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At a glance
Belgium performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Overcrowding rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Belgium
In Belgium, Overcrowding stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 6.6% versus 18.6% in 2025, a large gap of 12.0 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Belgium, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 5.80% in 2020 to 6.60% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 6.50% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.
Reading within the topic
In Belgium, 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.