Poverty & Inequality in Romania 158 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Romania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 16.7% 64th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 66.8% 95th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.71 live births per woman 2023 up 16.8% 138th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,021 kg per hectare 2023 up 4.1% 66th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 43.2% 137th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 10.64 % change on previous year 2023 down 83.2% 26th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 27.54 2022 up 4.0% 52nd Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.5% 2022 up 4.0% 52nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 down 36.9% 138th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year 2022 up 214.1% 96th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 down 200.0% 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.227 2023 down 23.6% 110th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.7% 2023 up 6.3% 64th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0869 2023 down 5.8% 162nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0869 2023 down 5.8% 162nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1169 2023 down 4.6% 132nd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2023 down 92.0% 78th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2023 down 90.9% 70th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.3% 2023 down 91.6% 75th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 5.1% 2023 down 86.0% 82nd Prosperity gap 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 71.7% 89th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2087 2023 down 10.8% 110th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2023 down 91.5% 78th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 17.5% 2023 down 36.4% 75th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.8% 2023 down 88.5% 81st Population living in slums 2.5% 2022 down 4.9% 122nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.758 2023 up 5.7% 46th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.758 2023 up 5.7% 46th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.758 2023 up 5.7% 46th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.7% 2023 down 92.0% 81st Three metrics of inequality 54.1 2022 up 0.1% 61st Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.541 2022 up 0.1% 61st Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 241.32 2023 up 141.5% 66th Income share held by second 20% 13.8% 2023 up 21.1% 17th Income share held by third 20% 18.4% 2023 up 5.7% 2nd Income share held by fourth 20% 23.9% 2023 down 2.8% 5th Income share held by highest 20% 36.9% 2023 down 11.3% 111th Income share held by highest 10% 21.8% 2023 down 14.2% 115th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.4% 2023 up 50.0% 81st Income share held by lowest 20% 7.0% 2023 up 40.0% 71st Gini index 29.8 2023 down 19.2% 99th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 14.7% 2023 down 29.7% 35th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 52.81 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 92.7% 64th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.3% 2023 down 92.3% 76th At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 18.4% 2025 down 27.6% 20th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4783 2022 down 1.6% 67th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 23.5% 2025 down 19.8% 28th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4783 2022 down 1.6% 67th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 26.8% 2025 down 46.7% 3rd Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 19,158 2017 up 69.3% 54th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 27.4% 2025 down 38.4% 6th Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 16.8% 2025 down 50.6% 2nd Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 41.1% 2022 down 2.5% 69th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 14.5% 2022 down 10.5% 58th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 15.2% 2020 down 50.2% 5th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 30.4% 2020 down 26.7% 6th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 31.4% 2023 down 3.0% 39th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.7% 2023 down 92.0% 74th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2983 2023 down 19.2% 96th Page 1 of 3 Next →