European Union - Overcrowding rate: Rural areas was 14.30% in December of 2024, 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 September of 2025. Historically, European Union - Overcrowding rate: Rural areas reached a record high of 24.30% in December of 2010 and a record low of 14.30% in December of 2024.



Overcrowding Rate: Rural Areas
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Romania 39.00 38.80 % Dec 2024
Slovakia 26.50 28.50 % Dec 2024
Greece 24.80 24.60 % Dec 2024
Lithuania 21.50 20.70 % Dec 2024
Hungary 20.00 19.90 % Dec 2024
Estonia 12.00 12.70 % Dec 2024
Czech Republic 11.50 10.30 % Dec 2024
Sweden 11.20 12.30 % Dec 2024
Portugal 9.00 9.10 % Dec 2024
Euro Area 8.70 9.00 % Dec 2024
Slovenia 8.60 8.00 % Dec 2024
Denmark 5.30 4.50 % Dec 2024
Austria 5.00 6.30 % Dec 2024
Finland 4.30 5.70 % Dec 2024
Spain 4.20 3.40 % Dec 2024
Luxembourg 3.80 4.70 % Dec 2024
Ireland 2.90 2.40 % Dec 2024
France 2.90 3.20 % Dec 2024
Belgium 2.50 2.20 % Dec 2024
Netherlands 2.10 2.60 % Dec 2024

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