# Severe housing deprivation rate

People living in an overcrowded dwelling that also has at least one housing deprivation problem (a leaking roof or damp walls, floors or foundations, or rot in window frames or floors; no bath or shower and no indoor flushing toilet; or a dwelling considered too dark), as a percentage of the total population.

## Key facts

- Severe housing deprivation rate in the European Union (27) was 4% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Latvia had the highest severe housing deprivation rate of 26 EU countries in 2023, at 11.6%, and Malta the lowest, at 0.5%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 28 places, with figures from 2003 to 2023.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-18.

- Indicator id: `severe_housing_deprivation_rate`
- Unit: %
- Note: A subset of the overcrowding rate (overcrowding_rate). Annual until 2020; since then Eurostat publishes it every three years (2020, 2023), so the latest value can be two or three years old. From the EU statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC). Income refers to the previous calendar year in most countries. Eurostat flags series breaks; they are stored as status break.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/severe-housing-deprivation-rate
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/severe_housing_deprivation_rate

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | % | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| European Union (27) | 2023 | 4 | Eurostat. Severe housing deprivation rate, total population (ilc_mdho06a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_mdho06a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18. |

## Rankings

- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/severe-housing-deprivation-rate/eu-countries.md) (27 places)