"Staying home is not always easy, particularly for those citizens who live in overcrowded apartments," the statistics office in Wiesbaden said.
According to the latest data, more than six million German citizens, or 7.4% of the total population, live in overcrowded dwellings.
Overcrowded dwellings are considered to be those when three or more children live in one room, when parents sleep in the living room, and when a teenage brother and sister share a room.
German citizens of foreign descent live in tight living conditions more often as do those living in larger cities.
The statistical office, however, notes that although 7.4% of its population live in crowded conditions, Germany is nevertheless among those countries in the EU with the most favourable living conditions.
According to the EU average, 15.5% of the population live in tight conditions. In Croatia, that is 39.3% and only Romania (46.3%) and Bulgaria (41.6%) are above it, the Wiesbaden office said based on data provided by the European Union statistical office Eurostat.