European Union - Overcrowding rate: Rural areas was 14.20% in December of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Overcrowding rate: Rural areas - last updated from the EUROSTAT on May of 2026. Historically, European Union - Overcrowding rate: Rural areas reached a record high of 24.30% in December of 2010 and a record low of 14.20% in December of 2025.



Overcrowding Rate: Rural Areas
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Romania 39.10 39.00 % Dec 2025
Croatia 28.90 28.00 % Dec 2025
Greece 25.80 24.80 % Dec 2025
Lithuania 22.10 21.50 % Dec 2025
Hungary 20.20 20.00 % Dec 2025
Italy 19.70 18.70 % Dec 2025
Estonia 11.80 12.00 % Dec 2025
Czech Republic 11.20 11.50 % Dec 2025
Sweden 11.00 11.20 % Dec 2025
Portugal 9.60 9.00 % Dec 2025
Euro Area 9.00 8.70 % Dec 2025
Slovenia 8.90 8.60 % Dec 2025
Germany 5.50 5.80 % Dec 2025
Luxembourg 4.90 3.80 % Dec 2025
Austria 4.90 5.00 % Dec 2025
Finland 4.50 4.30 % Dec 2025
France 3.40 2.90 % Dec 2025
Ireland 2.20 2.90 % Dec 2025
Belgium 1.90 2.60 % Dec 2025
Netherlands 1.80 2.10 % Dec 2025

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