IE · 2022 · tessi171
Overcrowding rate by age group - EU-SILC survey
Ireland, 2022
In 2022, Ireland's overcrowding rate by age group increased by 27.3% compared to 2021, reaching 4.20.
Ireland accounts for 25.0% of the EU-27 total of 16.8.
Ireland ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 50.0% (from 2.80 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi171, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.