EU 18.63
· European ranking
28 / 30
Up 1 positions compared with previous year
Malta: Overcrowded Housing
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
4.70% of population
EU 18.63 · -13.9 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
Malta performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Overcrowding rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength.
European comparison in Malta
In Malta, Overcrowding stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 4.7% versus 18.6% in 2025, a large gap of 13.9 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Malta, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 4.20% in 2020 to 4.70% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 3.70% in 2024 to 4.70% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Reading within the topic
In Malta, the evidence for Housing & Energy Stress leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.