Romania: Eurostat: Close to 41% of Romanians lived in overcrowded (…)

December 23, 2025

Eurostat: Close to 41% of Romanians lived in overcrowded households in 2024
Dec 23, 2025

Eurostat: Close to 41% of Romanians lived in overcrowded households in 2024.

A total of 40.7% of people in Romania lived in overcrowded households last year, according to data from the EU statistics office Eurostat. Romania is one of five EU countries where more than 30% of people reported living in overcrowded households, alongside Latvia (39.3%), Bulgaria (33.8%), (…)

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