IE · 2025 · tessi174
Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey
Ireland, 2025
Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey
9.10
Ireland, 2025
▲ 44.4% vs 2024 (6.30)
Analysis
In 2025, Ireland's overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation increased by 44.4% compared to 2024, reaching 9.10.
Ireland accounts for 44.6% of the EU-27 total of 20.4.
Ireland ranks 24th 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 85.7% (from 4.90 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi174, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#24 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
44.6%
EU-27: 20.4
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tessi174