Which Country is the Most Overcrowded?

Dwellings Per Household (dwellings), 2022 or latest
Real Estate | April 10, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 29 countries in 2022, Portugal ranked the highest in dwellings per household with 1.44 dwellings followed by Greece and Cyprus. On the other end of the scale was Brazil with 0.915 dwellings, Slovenia with 0.946 dwellings and Netherlands with 1.00 dwellings.

Data for more countries are available at Dwellings Per Household indicator page.

Dwellings Per Household Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Austria dwellings 1.24 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27
Belgium dwellings 1.13 1.13 1.14 1.14 1.15
Bulgaria dwellings 1.34 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37
Cyprus dwellings 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.41
Estonia dwellings 1.19 1.18 1.16 1.16 1.16 ... ...
France dwellings 1.23 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25
Greece dwellings 1.46 1.46 1.45 1.45 1.44
Ireland dwellings 1.17 1.16 1.14 1.14 1.14 ... ...
Italy dwellings 1.31 1.34 1.37 1.37 1.38 ... ...
Lithuania dwellings 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.09 1.11
Poland dwellings 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.08 1.09
Portugal dwellings 1.45 1.44 1.44 1.44 1.44 ... ...
Romania dwellings 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.27 1.28
Spain dwellings 1.39 1.37 1.36 1.35 1.34
Switzerland dwellings 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.18 1.18 ...

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