IT · 2025 · tessi174
Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey
Italy, 2025
In 2025, Italy's overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation increased by 7.4% compared to 2024, reaching 29.0.
Italy accounts for 142.2% of the EU-27 total of 20.4.
Italy ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.8% (from 26.9 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tessi174, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.