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

In 2024, Belgium's overcrowding rate by poverty status increased by 16.9% compared to 2023, reaching 6.90.

Belgium accounts for 37.9% of the EU-27 total of 18.2.

Belgium ranks 21st 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 21.1% (from 5.70 in 2019).

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