In Portugal, 15.7% of people are unable to adequately heat their homes, compared to the EU average of 9.2%. This is the fourth-highest percentage in the EU, following Bulgaria and Greece (19% each), Lithuania (18%), and Spain (17.5%). Finland (2.7%), Slovenia (3.3%), and Poland (3.3%) report the lowest percentages.
Across the 27 EU member states, 68% of people live in owner-occupied housing, primarily houses (51%), with an average of 1.7 rooms per person and a household size of 2.3 people.
Regarding overcrowding, in Portugal, 11% of individuals lived in overcrowded homes in 2024, compared to the EU average of 17%.
Eurostat data shows that only in Germany do more residents live in rented accommodations (53%) than in owned homes, followed by Austria (46%) and Denmark (39%).
Conversely, Romania has the highest ownership rate at 94%, followed by Slovakia (93%), Hungary (92%), and Croatia (91%).
Houses are the most common type of residence in two-thirds of the member states, with Ireland leading at 90%, followed by Belgium and the Netherlands (77% each) and Croatia (76%).
Apartments are more popular in Spain (65%), Latvia (64%), and Malta (63%).
The occupancy rate in 2024 varied across the 27 EU countries, with Slovakia reaching 3.1 persons per household, followed by Poland at 2.9, and Croatia and Ireland at 2.7. In Germany, Denmark, and Sweden, it was two, while Finland and Lithuania reported 1.9.
Romania has the highest rate of overcrowding at 41%, followed by Latvia (39%) and Bulgaria (34%), with Cyprus (2%), Malta (4%), and the Netherlands (5%) at the lower end.
