In Germany, the proportion of people living alone is significantly higher than in many other European countries. In 2023, 20.3% of the German population lived in single-person households. This is well above the EU average of 16.1%. Only Estonia (21.5 percent), Denmark (23.5 percent), Sweden (24.1 percent), Lithuania (24.6 percent) and Finland (25.8 percent) have even fewer people living alone in an EU comparison.<\/p>\n
According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the trend towards single-person households has increased in almost all EU countries. Between 2013 and 2023, the proportion of people living alone rose from 14.2% to 16.1%. Countries such as Bulgaria, Lithuania and Finland recorded the largest increases. The proportion of people living alone in Germany remained almost constant at around 20% during this period.<\/p>\n
Older people in Europe in particular live alone. In 2023, 31.6% of over 65-year-olds in the EU lived alone. At 34.6%, Germany is slightly above average in this age group. In Lithuania, the proportion is the highest in Europe at 51%. In Slovakia, only 11.6% of over-65s lived alone in 2023, the lowest proportion of people living alone in the EU.
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In Germany, the proportion of people living alone is significantly higher than in many other European countries. In 2023, 20.3% of the German population lived in single-person households. This is well above the EU average of 16.1%. Only Estonia (21.5 percent), Denmark (23.5 percent), Sweden (24.1 percent), Lithuania (24.6 percent) have even fewer people living alone in the EU [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marktdaten"],"yoast_head":"\n