Cyprus has EU’s lowest youth overcrowding rate at 3.5% in 2025
Eurostat data show that 3.5% of young people in Cyprus lived in overcrowded housing in 2025, compared with an EU average of 26.9%.
Nicosia, Cyprus. Cyprus had the lowest youth overcrowding rate in the European Union in 2025, with 3.5% of people aged 15 to 29 living in overcrowded housing. The EU average was 26.9%, according to Eurostat data published on Tuesday.
Overcrowding by age
Across the EU, the overcrowding rate for young people was higher than the 16.8% rate for the total population.
The rate declined with age: it was 30.1% among 15- to 19-year-olds, 28.7% among 20- to 24-year-olds and 21.8% among 25- to 29-year-olds.
Rates across the EU
After Cyprus, the lowest youth overcrowding rates were recorded in Ireland at 7.4% and Malta at 7.7%.
The highest rates were in Romania at 60.4%, Latvia at 54.9% and Bulgaria at 52.8%.
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