Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Romania
5.1% of people in Romania lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1989.
Romania, 2023
5.1%
Change from 2022
−3.5percentage points
World, 2023
47.1%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
1.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 5.1% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 8.6% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 7.7% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 10.8% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 11.9% | – |
| 2018 | 14.3% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 17.9% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 24.0% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 30.9% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 32.7% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 36.4% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 36.9% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 36.8% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 33.6% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 31.3% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 32.7% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 39.9% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 46.1% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 54.3% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 58.5% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 66.9% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 70.9% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 73.2% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.5 percentage points from 8.6% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 36.4%, the figure has changed by −31.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 47.1%.
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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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Severe material and social deprivation
16.8%
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