Extreme poverty rate in Romania
0.7% of people in Romania lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 1992.
Romania, 2023
0.7%
Change from 2022
−0.8percentage points
World, 2023
10.5%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
0.4%
Extreme poverty rate in Romania over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Romania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 1.5% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 2.4% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | – |
| 2018 | 3.7% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 4.9% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 5.2% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 7.6% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 8.9% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 8.7% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 8.4% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 7.1% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 6.3% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 5.3% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 8.1% | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 11.1% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 4.2% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 5.3% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 7.0% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 9.1% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | 9.5% | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.8 percentage points from 1.5% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 8.7%, the figure has changed by −8.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.5%.
More for Romania
All statistics for Romania
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
18.4%
2024 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
2.5%
2024 · World Bank
At-risk-of-poverty rate
18.4%
2025 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
27.4%
2025 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
27.3 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
4.37 times
2025 · Eurostat