Housing cost overburden rate by level of activity limitation, sex and age

Railway networks in Tokyo carry 40 million passengers daily with an average overcrowding ratio of 166% !

Railway networks in Tokyo carry 40 million passengers daily with an average overcrowding ratio of 166%*.

In Denmark, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Sweden and Finland, the overcrowding rate for young people was at least twice as high as the rate for the population as a whole.

It should address housing and overcoming our 40% overcrowding rate, because housing could not only help stabilize our economy but also improve the health of our people.

UNODC notes that the prison overcrowding rates in the Sahel are among the highest in the world, exceeding 230% according to its estimates.

The overcrowding rate describes the proportion of people living in an overcrowded dwelling, as defined by the number of rooms available to the household, the household’s size, as well as its members’ ages and their family situation.

Although improvements have been made, in 2006, on-reserve rates of overcrowding were significantly higher compared to non-Indigenous homes and those living off-reserve (12.1 per cent, 1.7 per cent, and 2.1 per cent respectively).

The facts found during the course of the CPT’s visit demonstrate that as a consequence of the present level of overcrowding in prisons, the Greek authorities are not in a position to fulfil that responsibility vis-à-vis many prisoners.

The largest difference in percentage points between the overcrowding rate for the 15-29 year age group and the population as a whole was observed in Bulgaria (almost 20 percentage points higher for young people).

It noted with interest the latest statistics provided by the authorities, which continue to show a reduction of prison overcrowding, and invited the authorities to provide a consolidated action plan by 1 December 2015.