Overcrowding rate by poverty status - population without single-person households - EU-SILC survey

In 2021, Ireland's overcrowding rate by poverty status increased by 6.2% compared to 2020, reaching 3.40.

Ireland accounts for 18.4% of the EU-27 total of 18.5.

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 fallen by 5.6% (from 3.60 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi178, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.