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Overcrowding

Percentage of the population living in overcrowded dwellings according to Eurostat (EU-SILC). Reflects living conditions rather than property prices.

30.9%Poland · 2025

EurostatPublished by source: 2026-06-11
housing
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID a4570cb97885Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 2005–2025; observations: 21; missing years: 0

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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21 rows for Poland

Time range:
30.035.040.045.050.055.02005201020152020202530.9
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Poland

Period statistics

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Poland

54.1→30.9

Total change
−23.2 pp
Period
2005–2025

Poland: 54.1 (2005) → 30.9 (2025). Difference: −23.2 pp. Peak value of 54.1 in 2005; lowest value of 30.9 in 2025.

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Overcrowding — Poland
YearCountryValue
2025Poland30.9%
2024Poland33.7%
2023Poland33.9%
2022Poland35.8%
2021Poland35.7%
2020Poland36.9%
2019Poland37.6%
2018Poland39.2%
2017Poland40.5%
2016Poland40.7%
2015Poland43.4%
2014Poland44.2%
2013Poland44.8%
2012Poland46.3%
2011Poland47.2%
2010Poland47.5%
2009Poland49.1%
2008Poland50.8%
2007Poland52.3%
2006Poland54.1%
Source
Eurostat
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy
Published by source
2026-06-11
Retrieved
2026-09-15
Indicator code in source
ilc_lvho05a
Unit of measure
percent
Data version
v45

Cite

Longseries, “Overcrowding”. Eurostat (ilc_lvho05a), 2003–2025, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Türkiye. Retrieved 2026-09-15. Eurostat reuse policy. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: a4570cb978855b86f830be135302a31dfdbe420dcda95f7713d5cc9f5f338c5b. https://longseries.com/en/d/eu-overcrowding/

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The official source revised 10 historical values — full revision history is preserved.

Source revisions

10 source revisions
ChangedYearCountryWasNow
2019European Union17.115.6
2018European Union17.115.5
2017European Union17.515.7
2016European Union17.916.6
2015European Union18.116.7
2014European Union18.116.7
2013European Union18.317.0
2012European Union18.416.9
2011European Union18.417.0
2010European Union19.117.7

Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Romania; lowest — Cyprus

Only the first rows are shown here. Use “Remaining locations” below for the full list.

33 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearRomania202540.4%40.4%
Latvia202538.9%38.9%
Türkiye202537.8%37.8%
Bulgaria202532.5%32.5%
Croatia202531.8%31.8%
Poland202530.9%30.9%
Greece202528.3%28.3%
Slovakia202527.8%27.8%
Remaining locations (25)

    About this series

    Share of people in an overcrowded dwelling. SILC, same countries as Housing cost overburden.

    Indicator definition

    Overcrowding rate: percentage of people living in overcrowded dwellings under Eurostat standards (EU-SILC).

    How to read the data

    Overcrowding is not PLN/m² and not the 40% burden. Pair: Housing cost overburden.

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