40% Live In 'Overcrowded Homes' In Hungary

  • 14 Jun 2018 9:17 AM
  • Hungary Around the Clock
40% Live In 'Overcrowded Homes' In Hungary
An estimated 40.4% of Hungarians live in overcrowded homes, according to recent figures from Eurostat. This is the sixth largest percentage in the EU and around two and a half times the European average.

Romania has the worst figure of 48.4%, followed by Latvia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Poland. In Hungary, only 8.5% of people live in homes that have more rooms than necessary, according to Eurostat.

MTI Photo: Koszticsák Szilárd

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