Overcrowded Housing indicator overview
Explore editorial context for the indicator Overcrowded Housing.
Technical indicator
Overcrowding rate
Eurostat dataset
ilc_lvho05a
Reference year
2025
Latest source release
2026-06-08
EU
Europe
European benchmark
· 2025
18.6%
of population
30
countries in the European snapshot
Coverage
30
Countries with comparable data
Data year
2025
Reference year
Topic
Housing & Energy Costs
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European distribution
2025
· 30
countries
Medium-term movement
2020 → 2025
· 30 countries
Open trend
-
Improved
14
-
Unchanged
0
-
Worsened
16
Largest improvement
Bulgaria
39.5 Percent of population -> 32.5 Percent of population
-7.0 Percent of population
Largest deterioration
Lithuania
21.1 Percent of population -> 27.8 Percent of population
+6.7 Percent of population