Overcrowding rate in Romania

Overcrowding rate in Romania was 40.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.3 pts from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

202540.4%
Change on 2024-0.3 pts
Rank1st of 27EU countries ranked
Series high55.92007
Series low402023

Overcrowding rate in Romania, 2007 to 2025

404550556020072010201320162019202220252007: 55.9 %2008: 54.8 %2009: 53.4 %2010: 52 %2011: 51.4 %2012: 51.6 %2013: 50.6 %2014: 49.4 %2015: 49.7 %2016: 48.4 %2017: 47 %2018: 46.3 %2019: 45.8 %2020: 45.1 %2021: 41 %2022: 40.5 %2023: 40 %2024: 40.7 %2025: 40.4 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Overcrowding rate, total population (ilc_lvho05a). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-17.
All 19 values
Period%
202540.4
202440.7
202340
202240.5
202141
202045.1
201945.8
201846.3
201747
201648.4
201549.7
201449.4
201350.6
201251.6
201151.4
201052
200953.4
200854.8
200755.9

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2025
Romania40.4
European Union (27)16.8

Rankings

Definition

Share of the population living in a dwelling with fewer rooms than the EU standard for the household: one room for the household, one per couple, one per single person aged 18 or over, one per pair of children of the same sex aged 12 to 17, one per single child aged 12 to 17 not in such a pair, and one per pair of children under 12 (EU-SILC).

The reference year is the survey year.

How to cite

Eurostat. Overcrowding rate, total population (ilc_lvho05a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvho05a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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What is the overcrowding rate in Romania?

Overcrowding rate in Romania was 40.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.3 pts from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Overcrowding rate, total population (ilc_lvho05a). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest overcrowding rate in Romania?

55.9% in 2007, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

Overcrowding rate elsewhere in European Union (27)

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