IE · 2021 · tessi171
Overcrowding rate by age group - EU-SILC survey
Ireland, 2021
In 2021, Ireland's overcrowding rate by age group increased by 10.0% compared to 2020, reaching 3.30.
Ireland accounts for 19.1% of the EU-27 total of 17.3.
Ireland ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.9% (from 3.40 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi171, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.