EU 1.64
· European ranking
16 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Hungary: Housing Space per Person
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
1.60 Rooms per person
EU 1.64 · -0.0 pp vs Europe
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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Regional map
· 2025 · 8 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+6.25
1.70
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1+6.25
1.70
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1+6.25
1.70
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4+0.00
1.60
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4+0.00
1.60
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4+0.00
1.60
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7-6.25
1.50
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8-12.50
1.40
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Hungary 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 points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Hungary
In Hungary, 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 Hungary, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 1.5 in 2020 to 1.6 in 2025. The latest value changes little from 1.6 in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
Regional differences in Hungary
In Hungary, regional values for Rooms per person are relatively close. Across 8 comparable regions, Budapest records the highest value (1.7 rooms per person) and Észak-Alföld the lowest (1.4 rooms per person), a gap of 0.3 rooms per person.
Reading within the topic
In Hungary, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.