Median of the housing cost burden distribution by poverty status - EU-SILC survey

In 2025, Romania's median of the housing cost burden distribution by poverty status increased by 7.3% compared to 2024, reaching 11.7.

Romania accounts for 85.4% of the EU-27 total of 13.7.

Romania ranks 16th 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 4.1% (from 12.2 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tessi302, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.