Housing cost overburden rate in Romania

5.0% of people in Romania spent more than 40% of their disposable income on housing in 2025.

Measure: Housing cost overburden rate Unit: % of population Data: 2007 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Romania, 2025 5.0% % of population
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 4.7%
European Union, 2025 7.6% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 6.1% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 24th of 31 See the full ranking

Housing cost overburden rate in Romania over time

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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Housing cost overburden rate (% of population), 2007 to 2025
Period RomaniaEuropean Union
2025 5.0% 7.6%
2024 4.7% 8.2%
2023 9.1% 8.8%
2022 8.5% 8.7%
2021 7.5% 8.7%
2020 7.1% 7.8%
2019 8.6% 9.4%
2018 10.3% 9.6%e (estimated)
2017 12.3% 10.1%e (estimated)
2016 14.4% 10.9%e (estimated)
2015 15.9% 11.2%e (estimated)
2014 16.2% 11.5%e (estimated)
2013 16.9% 11.6%
2012 18.4% 11.5%
2011 10.5% 10.6%
2010 15.8% 10.0%
2009 15.4% –
2008 19.1% –
2007 19.7% –

Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 4.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 15.9%, the figure has changed by −10.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Romania has the 24th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.6%.

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Eurostat
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Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
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ilc_lvho07a · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A unit=PC rskpovth=TOTAL age=TOTAL sex=T
Observation period
2007 to 2025 for Romania
Provider update
29 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Attribution
Source: Eurostat