Cyprus ranks first in the European Union for housing conditions, recording the lowest rate of household overcrowding, according to latest Eurostat data for 2024.
Just 2.4% of the population in Cyprus lived in overcrowded households, the lowest share among all EU member states.
At EU level, 16.9% of people were living in overcrowded households in 2024. While this marks a slight improvement compared with 2014, when the figure stood at 18.1%, the data highlight significant disparities between member states.
More than 30% of the population lived in overcrowded households in five EU countries. Romania reported the highest rate at 40.7%, followed by Latvia (39.3%), Bulgaria (33.8%), Poland (33.7%) and Croatia (31.7%).
After Cyprus, the lowest overcrowding rates were recorded in Malta (4.4%) and the Netherlands (4.6%), further underlining the sharp contrasts in housing conditions across the European Union.
(Source: CNA)
