IE · 2019 · tessi174
Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey
Ireland, 2019
In 2019, Ireland's overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation increased by 16.4% compared to 2018, reaching 6.40.
Ireland accounts for 33.3% of the EU-27 total of 19.2.
Ireland ranks 23rd 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 8.5% (from 5.90 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi174, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.