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Overcrowding rate. By sex Total
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2023 9.1 7.6 16.8
2022 9.0 6.6 16.8
2021 8.3 6.4 17.3
2020 11.9 7.6 17.4
2019 7.2 5.9 17.1 (e) Estimated value
2018 5.2 4.7 17.1 (e) Estimated value
2017 6.7 5.1 17.5 (e) Estimated value
2016 5.3 5.4 17.9 (e) Estimated value
2015 7.8 5.5 18.1 (e) Estimated value
2014 7.5 5.3 18.1 (e) Estimated value
2013 5.8 5.2 18.3 (e) Estimated value
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Survey on Living Conditions. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
Indicador ODS Indicator 11.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals
Overcrowding rate (under 60% of the median income per unit of consumption). By sex Total
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2023 15.3 14.5 29.6
2022 16.3 12.7 28.3
2021 19.2 13.8 28.9
2020 30.9 16.6 29.2
2019 23.5 14.6 29.1 (e) Estimated value
2018 12.0 11.3 28.9 (e) Estimated value
2017 17.0 11.3 29.3 (e) Estimated value
2016 15.1 12.7 31.5 (e) Estimated value
2015 18.1 11.4 31.8 (e) Estimated value
2014 17.1 10.8 32.2 (e) Estimated value
2013 13.8 11.0 32.0 (e) Estimated value
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Survey on Living Conditions. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
Indicador ODS Indicator 11.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals
Overcrowding rate (over 60% of the median income per unit of consumption). By sex Total
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2023 7.8 5.9 14.4
2022 7.2 5.1 14.5
2021 5.5 4.3 14.9
2020 6.7 5.2 15.1
2019 3.3 3.6 14.8 (e) Estimated value
2018 3.4 2.9 14.7 (e) Estimated value
2017 4.2 3.4 15.1 (e) Estimated value
2016 3.0 3.3 15.0 (e) Estimated value
2015 5.3 3.8 15.2 (e) Estimated value
2014 4.9 3.7 15.1 (e) Estimated value
2013 3.8 3.7 15.6 (e) Estimated value
Units: Percentage.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Survey on Living Conditions. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
Indicador ODS Indicator 11.10 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: February 26, 2024.

ECV

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Survey on Living Conditions (ECV).

Methodological note

The indicator measures the share of people living in overcrowded conditions in Catalonia. A person is considered to be living in an overcrowded household if the house does not have at least one room for the entire household as well as a room for a couple, for each single person above 18, for a pair of teenagers (12 to 17 years of age) of the same sex, for each teenager of different sex and for a pair of children (under 12 years of age).