Overcrowding rate by poverty status - EU-SILC survey

In 2021, Belgium's overcrowding rate by poverty status increased by 1.7% compared to 2020, reaching 5.90.

Belgium accounts for 34.1% of the EU-27 total of 17.3.

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 68.6% (from 3.50 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi172, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.