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Slovakia: Overcrowded Housing

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

Latest value

Β· 2025

27.80% of population

EU 18.63 Β· +9.2 pp vs Europe

European ranking

9 / 30

Down 2 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

5.4M

Country population Β· 2025

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

Slovakia 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 Slovakia

In Slovakia, Overcrowding stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 27.8% versus 18.6% in 2025, a large gap of 9.2 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Slovakia, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 30.10% in 2020 to 27.80% in 2025. The latest step, from 29.90% in 2024 to 27.80% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.

Reading within the topic

In Slovakia, 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.