To tell the enormous differences that exist between many countries of theEuropean Union, more than many important macroeconomic data, the numbers relating to the percentage of young adults, between 25 and 34 years old, who still live with their parents could be enough.
It is a figure that shows a clear division between the Northern and Central European countries and those overlooking the Mediterranean. A difference that can be partly explained by cultural recurrences, such as the focus on the family of companies such as the Italian and Greek ones, but also by economic contingencies that differ from country to country.
According to the data processed by Eurostat and shown in the map, the country that shows the highest percentage of young people living with their parents is Slovakia, to 56,6%. On the opposite side is the Denmark, with a share of 1,8%.
Very low percentages are recorded, then, in Scandinavia, where, between Sweden, Finland and Norway, the share of young people living with their parents is around 4%. Below the average, with data between 10% and 20%, also the countries of central Europe: France, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Holland, to which Great Britain is added.
The figure, however, is very high in Greece and Bulgaria, where it exceeds 50%, and in Italy, Portugal, Croatia and Romania, where it is over 40%. In this case, the percentage of Italians aged between 25 and 34 who still live with their parents is 46,6%. A worrying figure which, in many countries, corresponds to very high youth unemployment rates (in Italy it is 44,2%).
