Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey

In 2021, Germany's overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation increased by 4.7% compared to 2020, reaching 15.7.

Germany accounts for 80.5% of the EU-27 total of 19.5.

Germany ranks 15th 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 42.7% (from 11.0 in 2016).

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