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Heating and buildings in Romania

Heating conditions, energy-efficiency improvements and the structure of the housing stock.

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
Unable to keep home warm11.9 %2025 · ilc_mdes01
Energy-efficiency improvement19.0 %2025 · ilc_lvhe08
District heating10.9 %2023 · ilc_lvhe01
Conventional dwellings9,914,5112021 · Census
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2025 · ILC_MDES01

Unable to keep home warm

Romania : 11.9 % · EU-27 : 8.8 %

20142025
2023 · ILC_LVHE01

Heating-system breakdown

Central heating23.1 %
District heating10.9 %
Individual heating65.2 %
No fixed heating0.6 %
No heating0.1 %
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings9,914,511
Occupied7,396,059
Unoccupied2,518,45225.4 %
2025 · ILC_LVHE08

Energy-efficiency improvement

Romania : 19.0 % · EU-27 : 23.8 %

20232025
EUROSTAT · OVERVIEW

Key reading note

Reference years differ by source: heating systems are measured in 2023, several housing-condition indicators in 2025, and housing-stock structure in Census 2021. Percentages from different blocks should therefore not be added together.

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