Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Belgium's overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation increased by 2.8% compared to 2023, reaching 14.9.

Belgium accounts for 73.4% of the EU-27 total of 20.3.

Belgium ranks 16th 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 20.2% (from 12.4 in 2019).

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