Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Germany's overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation increased by 0.6% compared to 2023, reaching 16.7.

Germany accounts for 82.3% of the EU-27 total of 20.3.

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 31.5% (from 12.7 in 2019).

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