BE · 2025 · tessi170
Overcrowding rate by sex - EU-SILC survey
Belgium, 2025
In 2025, Belgium's overcrowding rate by sex increased by 1.5% compared to 2024, reaching 6.60.
Belgium accounts for 39.3% of the EU-27 total of 16.8.
Belgium ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.8% (from 5.80 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi170, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.