In Bulgaria, 52.8% of young people aged 15 to 29 lived in overcrowded homes in 2025, putting the country third in the EU on this measure, according to the latest data from Eurostat published on Tuesday on the statistical agency’s website. For the Bulgarian population as a whole, the share was 32.5% last year.
Among EU countries, only Romania (40.4%) and Latvia (38.9%) had a higher proportion of their population living in overcrowded homes.
In 2024, the share of Bulgarians aged 15 to 29 living in overcrowded homes was 53.2%, while the figure for the total population was 33.8%.
The gap in Bulgaria between the share of young people living in overcrowded homes and the corresponding share for the total population was 20.3 percentage points. Bulgaria was also among the three EU countries where this gap was at least 20 percentage points.
Ahead of Bulgaria, the highest share of young people living in overcrowded homes was recorded in Romania, at 60.4%, followed by Latvia at 54.9%.
The lowest rates were recorded in Cyprus (3.5%), Ireland (7.4%) and Malta (7.7%).
In Greece, 48.4% of young people lived in overcrowded homes, compared with 28.3% of the total population. In Romania, the figures were 60.4% and 40.4%, respectively.
Across the European Union, 16.8% of residents lived in overcrowded homes in 2025, a slight decrease from 16.9% in 2024.
Among young people aged 15 to 29, the share living in overcrowded homes in the EU was significantly higher, at 26.9%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points compared with 2024. The gap compared with the total population was 10.1 percentage points.
According to Eurostat, a dwelling is considered overcrowded when the household does not have the minimum number of rooms required, taking into account the number and characteristics of its members.
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