Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Romania
1.3% of people in Romania lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 1989.
Romania, 2023
1.3%
Change from 2022
−1.5percentage points
World, 2023
19.3%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
0.6%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 3.0% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 4.1% | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 4.8% | – |
| 2018 | 5.9% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 6.8% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 9.1% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 12.9% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 14.1% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 15.5% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 13.6% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 13.0% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 11.5% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 10.1% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 10.7% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | 14.3% | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 18.3% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 12.1% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 15.0% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 19.1% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | 22.7% | 48.6% |
| 2001 | 23.3% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.5 percentage points from 2.8% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 15.5%, the figure has changed by −14.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 19.3%.
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Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
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At-risk-of-poverty rate
18.4%
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Poverty or social exclusion rate
27.4%
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Income inequality (Gini)
27.3 (0 to 100)
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Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
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