Portugal’s stay at home kids are delaying departure from the family nest until late in their 20s. According to Eurostat, the cream of Swedish youth is off shortly after their 20th birthdays but their Iberian cousins are hanging on until they are 29.2 years old, on average.
The data, published on Tuesday by Eurostat, show stats from 2017 with a European average exit age of 26.
Those most attuned to the comforts of the family home live in Malta and Croatia when they finally leave at around 32.
The "When do young Europeans leave the nest?" report show early leavers from Sweden (21 years), Denmark (21.1) and Finland (21.9).
At the opposite end of the chart lie Malta (32.2 years), Croatia (31.9), Slovakia (30.8), Italy (30.1), Greece (29.4), Spain (29.3) and Portugal (29.2).
Portuguese women leave earlier than their siblings, 28.2 years with brothers leaving two years later, on average.