EU 18.63
· European ranking
14 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Sweden: Overcrowded Housing
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
15.70% of population
EU 18.63 · -2.9 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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No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Sweden performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Overcrowding rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Sweden
In Sweden, Overcrowding is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 15.7% versus 18.6% in 2025, with a gap of 2.9 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Sweden, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 15.60% in 2020 to 15.70% in 2025. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 16.70% in 2024 to 15.70% in 2025, departs from that stability with an improvement.
Reading within the topic
In Sweden, Housing & Energy Stress 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.