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31 countries ranked · Eurostat · 2025

In which country do people leave home the latest?

The latest average age of leaving the parental home in Europe: 1. Croatia (31.5 yrs), 2. Greece (30.9 yrs), 3. Slovakia (30.9 yrs).

The middle of the table sits at 26.9 yrs (Ireland, no. 16 of 31), which is the figure to measure the top against.

The top 10

  1. 🇭🇷Croatia 31.5 yrs
  2. 🇬🇷Greece 30.9 yrs
  3. 🇸🇰Slovakia 30.9 yrs
  4. 🇲🇰North Macedonia 30.7 yrs
  5. 🇮🇹Italy 30.2 yrs
  6. 🇪🇸Spain 30.2 yrs
  7. 🇷🇸Serbia 30.1 yrs
  8. 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 29.5 yrs
  9. 🇵🇹Portugal 28.8 yrs
  10. 🇸🇮Slovenia 28.8 yrs

In which country do people leave home the earliest?

The earliest average age of leaving home in this table, from the very last row upwards: Finland (21.3 yrs), then Denmark (21.8 yrs) and Lithuania (22.7 yrs).

The same ranking, as a map

In which country do people leave home the latest? Leaving the nest · 31 countries ranked · shaded by rank, five equal groups 1. Croatia 31.5 yrs · 2. Greece 30.9 yrs · 3. Slovakia 30.9 yrs Afghanistan: no dataAlbania: no dataAlgeria: no dataAngola: no dataArgentina: no dataArmenia: no dataAustralia: no dataAustria: 25.2 yrs (22nd of 31)Azerbaijan: no dataBahamas: no dataBangladesh: no dataBelarus: no dataBelgium: 26.2 yrs (19th of 31)Belize: no dataBenin: no dataBhutan: no dataBolivia: no dataBosnia and Herzegovina: 29.5 yrs (8th of 31)Botswana: no dataBrazil: no dataBrunei: no dataBulgaria: 27.9 yrs (11th of 31)Burkina Faso: no dataBurundi: no dataCambodia: no dataCameroon: no dataCanada: no dataCentral African Republic: no dataChad: no dataChile: no dataChina: no dataColombia: no dataCongo: no dataCosta Rica: no dataCroatia: 31.5 yrs (1st of 31)Cuba: no dataCyprus: 27 yrs (15th of 31)Czechia: 25.8 yrs (20th of 31)DR Congo: no dataDenmark: 21.8 yrs (30th of 31)Djibouti: no dataDominican Republic: no dataEcuador: no dataEgypt: no dataEl Salvador: no dataEquatorial Guinea: no dataEritrea: no dataEstonia: 22.7 yrs (28th of 31)Ethiopia: no dataFiji: no dataFinland: 21.3 yrs (31st of 31)France: 23.8 yrs (24th of 31)Gabon: no dataGambia: no dataGeorgia: no dataGermany: 24.1 yrs (23rd of 31)Ghana: no dataGreece: 30.9 yrs (2nd of 31)Guatemala: no dataGuinea: no dataGuinea-Bissau: no dataGuyana: no dataHaiti: no dataHonduras: no dataHungary: 27.3 yrs (14th of 31)Iceland: no dataIndia: no dataIndonesia: no dataIran: no dataIraq: no dataIreland: 26.9 yrs (16th of 31)Israel: no dataItaly: 30.2 yrs (5th of 31)Ivory Coast: no dataJamaica: no dataJapan: no dataJordan: no dataKazakhstan: no dataKenya: no dataKuwait: no dataKyrgyzstan: no dataLaos: no dataLatvia: 25.7 yrs (21st of 31)Lebanon: no dataLesotho: no dataLiberia: no dataLibya: no dataLithuania: 22.7 yrs (29th of 31)Luxembourg: 26.6 yrs (18th of 31)Madagascar: no dataMalawi: no dataMalaysia: no dataMali: no dataMauritania: no dataMexico: no dataMoldova: no dataMongolia: no dataMontenegro: no dataMorocco: no dataMozambique: no dataMyanmar: no dataNamibia: no dataNepal: no dataNetherlands: 23.4 yrs (25th of 31)New Zealand: no dataNicaragua: no dataNiger: no dataNigeria: no dataNorth Korea: no dataNorth Macedonia: 30.7 yrs (4th of 31)Norway: 22.9 yrs (27th of 31)Oman: no dataPakistan: no dataPanama: no dataPapua New Guinea: no dataParaguay: no dataPeru: no dataPhilippines: no dataPoland: 26.8 yrs (17th of 31)Portugal: 28.8 yrs (9th of 31)Qatar: no dataRomania: 27.4 yrs (13th of 31)Russia: no dataRwanda: no dataSaudi Arabia: no dataSenegal: no dataSerbia: 30.1 yrs (7th of 31)Sierra Leone: no dataSlovakia: 30.9 yrs (3rd of 31)Slovenia: 28.8 yrs (10th of 31)Somalia: no dataSouth Africa: no dataSouth Korea: no dataSouth Sudan: no dataSpain: 30.2 yrs (6th of 31)Sri Lanka: no dataSudan: no dataSuriname: no dataSweden: 23.1 yrs (26th of 31)Switzerland: no dataSyria: no dataTaiwan: no dataTajikistan: no dataTanzania: no dataThailand: no dataTogo: no dataTunisia: no dataTurkey: no dataTurkmenistan: no dataUganda: no dataUkraine: no dataUnited Arab Emirates: no dataUnited Kingdom: no dataUnited States: no dataUruguay: no dataUzbekistan: no dataVanuatu: no dataVenezuela: no dataVietnam: no dataYemen: no dataZambia: no dataZimbabwe: no data Malta: 27.5 yrs (12th of 31) 2 Greece · 30.9 yrs 1 Croatia · 31.5 yrs Rank 1–6 7–12 13–18 19–24 25–31 no data GEOPOLITIX geopolitix.live · the daily country-ranking game Source: Eurostat · 2025
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Leaving the nest, 31 countries, shaded by rank. Source: Eurostat · data 2025. Projection: Equal Earth, so every country's area is honestly proportioned.

The full ranking of all 31 countries

Leaving the nest · 2025
#CountryLeaving the nest
1🇭🇷Croatia31.5 yrs
2🇬🇷Greece30.9 yrs
3🇸🇰Slovakia30.9 yrs
4🇲🇰North Macedonia30.7 yrs
5🇮🇹Italy30.2 yrs
6🇪🇸Spain30.2 yrs
7🇷🇸Serbia30.1 yrs
8🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina29.5 yrs
9🇵🇹Portugal28.8 yrs
10🇸🇮Slovenia28.8 yrs
11🇧🇬Bulgaria27.9 yrs
12🇲🇹Malta27.5 yrs
13🇷🇴Romania27.4 yrs
14🇭🇺Hungary27.3 yrs
15🇨🇾Cyprus27 yrs
16🇮🇪Ireland26.9 yrs
17🇵🇱Poland26.8 yrs
18🇱🇺Luxembourg26.6 yrs
19🇧🇪Belgium26.2 yrs
20🇨🇿Czechia25.8 yrs
21🇱🇻Latvia25.7 yrs
22🇦🇹Austria25.2 yrs
23🇩🇪Germany24.1 yrs
24🇫🇷France23.8 yrs
25🇳🇱Netherlands23.4 yrs
26🇸🇪Sweden23.1 yrs
27🇳🇴Norway22.9 yrs
28🇪🇪Estonia22.7 yrs
29🇱🇹Lithuania22.7 yrs
30🇩🇰Denmark21.8 yrs
31🇫🇮Finland21.3 yrs
Source: Eurostat · 2025 · 31 countries ranked

What this table covers

This table ranks the 31 countries that have a age of leaving the parental home figure in Eurostat's data (2025). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero. Eurostat surveys Europe, so this table covers European countries only. A country's absence means it is outside the survey, not that nobody there leaves home.

Frequently asked questions

In which country do people leave home the latest?

The latest average age of leaving the parental home in Europe: 1. Croatia (31.5 yrs), 2. Greece (30.9 yrs), 3. Slovakia (30.9 yrs).

In which country do people leave home the earliest?

The earliest average age of leaving home in this table, from the very last row upwards: Finland (21.3 yrs), then Denmark (21.8 yrs) and Lithuania (22.7 yrs).

Why is the gap across Europe so wide?

Because leaving home is an economic decision as much as a cultural one. The countries at the top combine expensive housing, later entry into stable work and a tradition of multigenerational households; the countries at the bottom pair cheaper or subsidised student housing with a strong expectation of early independence. The spread across this short table is close to a decade of life, which is one of the widest gaps anywhere in the catalog.

How many countries are in this ranking, and where does the data come from?

31 countries have a published figure for age of leaving the parental home, and all 31 are listed above. The source is Eurostat (2025), linked under the table, and the numbers are read from that dataset every time this page is rebuilt rather than typed in by hand.

Is there a game built on this data?

Yes. Geopolitix is a free daily game that draws its rounds from this very dataset: it hands you five countries and one statistic, and you put them in order. This table is one of the 33 it plays.

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