Housing cost overburden rate by degree of urbanisation - EU-SILC survey

In 2024, Romania's housing cost overburden rate by degree of urbanisation decreased by 41.9% compared to 2023, reaching 4.30.

Romania accounts for 43.9% of the EU-27 total of 9.80.

Romania ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 17.3% (from 5.20 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi165, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.