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Average number of people per room in occupied housing unit

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HFA-DB
Indicator full name: Average number of people per room in occupied housing unit
Unit: number of persons
Dimensions:
  • Country/Area (COUNTRY/AREA)
  • Supranational group of countries (COUNTRY_GRP)
  • Sex (SEX)
  • Year of measure (YEAR)
Years data is available: 1970—2003
Last updated: 21 October 2025
Countries with no data (12): 
  • Andorra
  • Belarus
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Iceland
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Montenegro
  • Russian Federation
  • Serbia
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
(Sub)regional averages available for: 
  • WHO European Region
  • Members of the European Union
  • Members of the EU before May 2004 (EU15)
  • Members of the EU after May 2004 (EU13)
  • Members of the EU before Feb 2020
  • Commonwealth of Independent States
  • Central Asian Republics Information Network members (CARINFONET)
  • South-eastern Europe Health Network members (SEEHN)
  • Small countries
  • Western Balkans
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European Health for All database
Indicators: 618
Updated: 21 October 2025
The following abbreviations are used in the indicator titles:
•    SDR: age-standardized death rates (see HFA-DB user manual/Technical notes, page 13, for details)
•    FTE: full-time equivalent
•    PP: physical persons
•    PPP$: purchasing power parities expressed in US $, an internationally comparable scale reflecting the relative domestic purchasing powers of currencies.

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Average number of people per room in occupied housing unit
Indicator code: E240501.T

Main data source: UN ECE, Annual bulletin of housing and building statistics for Europe and North America (accessible at http://www.unece.org/unece/welcome.html). In case UNECE data were not available, EUROSTAT data or data from national statistical offices have been used.

Data compiled by: Noise and Housing programme of Special Programme for Health and Environment of the WHO Regional Office for Europe.

Potential problems with data comparability: Countries may have different definitions for \"rooms\", some includind kitchens, etc (see above UNECE site for details).

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