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Estonia: Housing Space per Person

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Latest value

ยท 2025

1.60 Rooms per person

EU 1.64 ยท -0.0 pp vs Europe

European ranking

16 / 30

No change compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

1.4M

Country population ยท 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the average number of rooms available in a household relative to the number of people living there, using Eurostat rules on which habitable spaces count as rooms.

Higher values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Average number of rooms per person ilc_lvho04d

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At a glance

Estonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Average number of rooms per person, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.

European comparison in Estonia

In Estonia, Rooms per person is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 1.6 rooms per person versus 1.64 rooms per person in 2025, a gap of 0.04 rooms per person.

Recent trend

In Estonia, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 1.7 in 2020 to 1.6 in 2025. The latest value changes little from 1.6 in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous deterioration.

Reading within the topic

In Estonia, Quality of Life & Household Conditions 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 deterioration and warrant monitoring.