EU 18.63
· European ranking
3 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Latvia: Overcrowded Housing
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
38.90% of population
EU 18.63 · +20.3 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
Latvia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Overcrowding rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Latvia
In Latvia, Overcrowding stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 38.9% versus 18.6% in 2025, a large gap of 20.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Latvia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 42.50% in 2020 to 38.90% in 2025. The latest step, from 39.30% in 2024 to 38.90% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Latvia, 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.