EU 7.79
· European ranking
23 / 30
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Romania: Housing Affordability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
5.00% of population
EU 7.79 · -2.8 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households where total housing costs exceed 40% of disposable household income.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Housing cost overburden rate ilc_lvho07_r
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Regional map
· 2025 · 8 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+46.00
7.30
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2+32.00
6.60
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2+32.00
6.60
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4+26.00
6.30
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5-10.00
4.50
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6-14.00
4.30
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7-54.00
2.30
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8-66.00
1.70
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Romania performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Romania
In Romania, Housing burden is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 5.0% versus 7.8% in 2025, with a gap of 2.8 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Romania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 7.50% in 2021 to 5.00% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 4.70% in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.
Regional differences in Romania
In Romania, regional differences in Housing burden are pronounced. Across 8 comparable regions, Centru records the highest value (7.3%) and Vest the lowest (1.7%), a gap of 5.6 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Romania, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.