EU 1.59
· European ranking
11 / 34
Up 1 positions compared with previous year
Switzerland: Housing Space per Person
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
1.80 Rooms per person
EU 1.59 · +0.2 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
· 2024 · 7 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+5.56
1.90
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1+5.56
1.90
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1+5.56
1.90
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4+0.00
1.80
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4+0.00
1.80
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6-5.56
1.70
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6-5.56
1.70
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Switzerland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Average number of rooms per person, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Rooms per person is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 1.8 rooms per person versus 1.6 rooms per person in 2024, with a gap of 0.2 rooms per person.
Recent trend
In Switzerland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 1.8 in 2019 to 1.8 in 2024. The latest value also changes little from 1.8 in 2023, confirming the stable reading.
Regional differences in Switzerland
In Switzerland, regional values for Rooms per person are relatively close. Across 7 comparable regions, Espace Mittelland records the highest value (1.9 rooms per person) and Lake Geneva Region the lowest (1.7 rooms per person), a gap of 0.2 rooms per person.
Reading within the topic
In Switzerland, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.