Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey

In 2021, Belgium's overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation increased by 8.2% compared to 2020, reaching 14.5.

Belgium accounts for 74.4% of the EU-27 total of 19.5.

Belgium ranks 18th 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 70.6% (from 8.50 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi174, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.