Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey

In 2020, Germany's overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation increased by 18.1% compared to 2019, reaching 15.0.

Germany accounts for 75.8% of the EU-27 total of 19.8.

Germany ranks 17th 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 42.9% (from 10.5 in 2015).

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