Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey

In 2021, Italy's overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation increased by 4.1% compared to 2020, reaching 28.0.

Italy accounts for 143.6% of the EU-27 total of 19.5.

Italy ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 15.2% (from 33.0 in 2016).

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