Home » Charts » Which Country is the Most Overcrowded?

Which Country is the Most Overcrowded?

Dwellings Per Household (dwellings), 2017

Real Estate | October 22, 2018

$2.99

Excel Sheet

Based on a comparison of 55 countries in 2017, Malta ranked the highest in dwellings per household with 1.77 dwellings followed by Portugal and Greece. On the other end of the scale was Colombia with 0.801 dwellings, Slovakia with 0.829 dwellings and Armenia with 0.863 dwellings.

Data for more countries are available at Dwellings Per Household indicator page.

Dwellings Per Household	Unit	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Austria	dwellings															1.22	1.22	1.22	1.22	1.20
Belgium	dwellings															1.10	1.11	1.12	1.12	1.12
Bulgaria	dwellings															1.30	1.31	1.31	1.32	1.33
Croatia	dwellings															1.34	1.34	1.35	1.35	1.36
Estonia	dwellings															1.13	1.15	1.17	1.19	1.20
France	dwellings															1.19	1.20	1.21	1.22	1.22
Greece	dwellings															1.47	1.47	1.47	1.47	1.47
Italy	dwellings															1.19	1.18	1.17	1.16	1.16
Malta	dwellings															1.59	1.62	1.65	1.70	1.73
Portugal	dwellings						...	...	...							1.43	1.43	1.44	1.44	1.45
Romania	dwellings															1.23	1.23	1.24	1.24	1.25
Russia	dwellings															1.16	1.17	1.17	1.20	1.22
Spain	dwellings															1.46	1.45	1.43	1.42	1.40
Switzerland	dwellings															1.17	1.17	1.17	1.18	1.18
Thailand	dwellings															1.09	1.11	1.13	1.16	1.18