Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Germany
Germany: Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population was 11.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Germany, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Germany recorded 11.7% for overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in 2025. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 67.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Germany peaked at 11.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 2005.
Germany ranks 31st of 49 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Germany, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6.3% | — |
| 2006 | 7.6% | +20.6% |
| 2007 | 6.5% | -14.5% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 7.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 7.1% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 6.7% | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 6.6% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 6.7% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 6.6% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 7.2% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 7.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7.4% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 7.8% | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 10.2% | +30.8% |
| 2021 | 10.6% | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 11.2% | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 11.4% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 11.5% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 11.7% | +1.7% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 11.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 14.4%, 81% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Germany's 11.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 11.7%, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Germany changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +30.8% | 7.8% | 10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.9% | 6.3% | 7.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 7.0% | 6.6% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.1% | 10.2% | 11.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More economy & growth data for Germany
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 148.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.7761 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 0.6565 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0108 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 654.77 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -1.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0079 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 478.11 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Germany?
- Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population in Germany was 11.7% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 11.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 2005.
- How does Germany rank for overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population?
- Germany ranks 31st out of 49 countries with data for 2025.
- Is overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Overcrowding rate by income quintile - total population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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