Poverty & Inequality in Romania 21 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Romania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 5.1% 2023 down 86.0% 80th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.3% 2023 down 91.6% 73rd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2023 down 92.0% 76th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 down 90.9% 68th Prosperity gap 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 71.7% 87th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.8% 2023 down 88.5% 79th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 17.5% 2023 down 36.4% 73rd Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2023 down 91.5% 76th Population living in slums 2.5% 2022 down 4.9% 122nd Income share held by second 20% 13.8% 2023 up 21.1% 17th Gini index 29.8 2023 down 19.2% 97th Income share held by lowest 20% 7.0% 2023 up 40.0% 71st Income share held by lowest 10% 2.4% 2023 up 50.0% 81st Income share held by highest 10% 21.8% 2023 down 14.2% 113th Income share held by highest 20% 36.9% 2023 down 11.3% 109th Income share held by fourth 20% 23.9% 2023 down 2.8% 3rd Income share held by third 20% 18.4% 2023 up 5.7% 2nd Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 14.7% 2023 down 29.7% 33rd Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.7% 2023 down 92.0% 74th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 19.0% 2023 down 24.3% 33rd Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 0.0% 2021 down 100.0% 63rd