Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Netherlands's overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation increased by 18.4% compared to 2023, reaching 5.80.

Netherlands accounts for 28.6% of the EU-27 total of 20.3.

Netherlands ranks 25th 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 1.8% (from 5.70 in 2019).

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