Average household size
Average number of persons per private household (EU-SILC).
Covers private households only; people living in institutions are excluded. The reference year is the survey year.
Key facts
- Average household size in the European Union (27) was 2.3 persons per household in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Slovakia had the highest average household size of 27 EU countries in 2025, at 3.1 persons per household, and Lithuania the lowest, at 1.8 persons per household. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 28 places, with figures from 2003 to 2025.
Rankings
EU countries by average household size, 2025
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Ireland
- Bulgaria
- Sweden
- Croatia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest average household size? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"average_household_size","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=average_household_size&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)