Overcrowding rate by poverty status - population without single-person households - EU-SILC survey

In 2020, Belgium's overcrowding rate by poverty status increased by 3.5% compared to 2019, reaching 5.90.

Belgium accounts for 31.7% of the EU-27 total of 18.6.

Belgium ranks 22nd 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 293.3% (from 1.50 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi178, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.