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Who lives in an overcrowded home?

2025 · Source: Eurostat

Albania: 52.6%Austria: 14.2%Belgium: 6.6%Bulgaria: 32.5%Switzerland: no figureCyprus: 2.2%Czechia: 16.7%Germany: 11.7%Denmark: 9.9%Estonia: 17.9%Greece: 28.3%Spain: 9.5%Finland: 9.5%France: 10.8%Croatia: 31.8%Hungary: 14.6%Ireland: 5.4%Iceland: no figureItaly: 24.3%Lithuania: 27.8%Luxembourg: 8.8%Latvia: 38.9%Montenegro: no figureNorth Macedonia: no figureMalta: 4.7%Netherlands: 4.1%Norway: 6.8%Poland: 30.9%Portugal: 12.7%Romania: 40.4%Serbia: 46.0%Sweden: 15.7%Slovenia: 10.5%Slovakia: 27.8%
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Overcrowded homes, 2025, every country, highest first
RankCountryOvercrowded
1Albania (not in the EU)52.6%
2Serbia (not in the EU)46.0%
3Romania40.4%
4Latvia38.9%
5Bulgaria32.5%
6Croatia31.8%
7Poland30.9%
8Greece28.3%
9Lithuania27.8% provisional
9Slovakia27.8%
11Italy24.3%
12Estonia17.9%
EU average16.8%
13Czechia16.7%
14Sweden15.7%
15Hungary14.6%
16Austria14.2%
17Portugal12.7%
18Germany11.7%
19France10.8%
20Slovenia10.5%
21Denmark9.9%
22Spain9.5%
22Finland9.5%
24Luxembourg8.8% break in the series
25Norway (not in the EU)6.8%
26Belgium6.6%
27Ireland5.4%
28Malta4.7%
29Netherlands4.1%
30Cyprus2.2%

About these figures

Share of people whose home has too few rooms for the household, by Eurostat's rule of one room per couple, per adult and per two children.

From a survey of households.

Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the Western Balkan countries are ranked too, but are not in the EU average.

Ranks and colour steps are ours. Eurostat is not responsible for how the figures are shown here. See the figures on Eurostat's site.