Denmark: overcrowding rate by country of birth 2022

The share of people born outside of Denmark living in overcrowded households increased by more than 15 percentage points from 2015 to 2019, when 33.1 percent lived in overcrowded households. However, the share fell to 24 percent by 2022. By comparison, the rate among the Danish-born population also increased between 2012 and 2022, but was significantly lower, standing at 13 percent in 2022.

Share of people living in overcrowded households in Denmark 2012-2022, by country of birth

Characteristic	Born in Denmark	Born abroad
2022	13.1%	24.1%
2021	11.8%	25.8%
2020	12.8%	24.5%
2019	13.2%	33.1%
2018	12.6%	26.6%
2017	11.1%	24.7%
2016	11.4%	18%
2015	10.8%	19%
2014	9.6%	24.7%
2013	9.8%	21.3%
2012	9.2%	17.2%

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Release date

July 2023

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Region

Denmark

Survey time period

2012 to 2022

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

The overcrowding rate is defined as the percentage of the population living in an overcrowded household. A person is considered as living in an overcrowded household if the household does not have at its disposal a minimum number of rooms equal to:
- one room for the household;
- one room per couple in the household;
- one room for each single person aged 18 or more;
- one room by pair of single people of the same sex between 12 and 17 years of age
- one room for each single person between 12 and 17 years of age and not included in the previous category
- one room per pair of children under 12 years of age.
Data coverage corresponds to code ILC_LVHO16 of the EU-SILC survey.

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