Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Romania
18.4% of people in Romania lived below the national poverty line in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2006.
Romania, 2024
18.4%
Change from 2023
−0.6percentage points
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2021
15.2%
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Romania over time
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Romania
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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 |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.4% |
| 2023 | 19.0% |
| 2022 | 21.1% |
| 2021 | 21.2% |
| 2020 | 22.5% |
| 2019 | 23.4% |
| 2018 | 23.8% |
| 2017 | 23.5% |
| 2016 | 23.6% |
| 2015 | 25.3% |
| 2014 | 25.4% |
| 2013 | 25.1% |
| 2012 | 23.0% |
| 2011 | 22.9% |
| 2010 | 22.3% |
| 2009 | 21.6% |
| 2008 | 22.1% |
| 2007 | 23.6% |
| 2006 | 24.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 19.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 25.4%, the figure has changed by −7.0 percentage points.
More for Romania
All statistics for Romania
Extreme poverty rate
0.7%
2023 · 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
Severe material and social deprivation
16.8%
2025 · Eurostat