Young adults in souther and eastern European countries tend to stick around longer with their parents, OECD and Eurostat data shows.
EU adults leave their parents’ home at 26 on average, according to Eurostat estimations.
However, the age varies significantly from nation to nation.
In Finland, Sweden and Denmark, they usually move out by the age of 21. By contrast, in Croatia, Slovakia, Greece, Spain, Bulgaria and Italy, this normally doesn’t happen before they’re at least 30.
In terms of overall number of young adults still living with their parents, the shares are particularly high in southern Europe, OECD data shows.
In this dataset, Italy presents the highest proportion of people aged between 20 to 29 that don’t live independently, 80%, followed by Greece at 78%, Spain at 77%, and Portugal at 76%.
In the UK it’s 43%, 39% in the US. Nordic countries Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark have the lowest rates, all below 20%.
Besides Romania, Italy also has the highest rate of NEETS in the EU -15-29s people who are neither employed, nor in education or training, Eurostat data shows.
Video editor • Mert Can Yilmaz
