EU 1.64
· European ranking
20 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Italy: Housing Space per Person
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
1.50 Rooms per person
EU 1.64 · -0.1 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
Explore this indicator
Regional map
· 2025 · 21 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+13.33
1.70
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1+13.33
1.70
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1+13.33
1.70
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4+6.67
1.60
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4+6.67
1.60
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4+6.67
1.60
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4+6.67
1.60
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4+6.67
1.60
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4+6.67
1.60
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10+0.00
1.50
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10+0.00
1.50
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10+0.00
1.50
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10+0.00
1.50
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10+0.00
1.50
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10+0.00
1.50
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16-6.67
1.40
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16-6.67
1.40
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16-6.67
1.40
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16-6.67
1.40
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16-6.67
1.40
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21-13.33
1.30
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Italy performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Average number of rooms per person, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Italy
In Italy, Rooms per person is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 1.5 rooms per person versus 1.6 rooms per person in 2025, with a gap of 0.1 rooms per person.
Recent trend
In Italy, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 1.4 in 2020 to 1.5 in 2025. The latest value changes little from 1.5 in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
Regional differences in Italy
In Italy, regional values for Rooms per person are relatively close. Across 21 comparable regions, Sardegna records the highest value (1.7 rooms per person) and Provincia Autonoma di Trento the lowest (1.3 rooms per person), a gap of 0.4 rooms per person.
Reading within the topic
In Italy, 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. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.