Over 60% of young people in Romania live in overcrowded housing, according to Eurostat

Over 60% of young people aged between 15 and 29 in Romania lived in overcrowded households in 2025, according to the latest Eurostat data. Romania has the highest rate in the European Union, at 60.4%, well above the EU average of 26.9%.

Our country is followed by Latvia, at 54.9%, and Bulgaria, at 52.8%. At the other end of the scale are Cyprus, at 3.5%, Ireland, at 7.4%, and Malta, at 7.7%.

In Romania, the difference between the overcrowding rate among young people and that recorded for the population as a whole is 20 percentage points: 60.4% compared with 40.4%. Similar differences were reported in Bulgaria and Greece.

At EU level, young people are more exposed to living in overcrowded spaces than the general population, for which the rate is 16.8%. The phenomenon decreases with age: from 30.1% for those aged between 15 and 19, to 21.8% for the 25–29 age group.

Eurostat data also show that young Romanians leave their parents' home, on average, at the age of 28. Sociologists attribute the situation to limited financial resources and instability in the labour market.