Poverty & Inequality in Romania

158 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Romania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Subjective poverty by sex and age 23.4% 2025 down 48.7% 8th
Subjective poverty by tenure status 23.4% 2025 down 48.7% 8th
Share of gross national income donated toward poverty reduction 0.0% 2024 27th
Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 12.1% 2022 down 32.0% 36th
Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 27.4% 2025 down 26.7% 13th
Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 26.8% 2025 down 46.7% 3rd
Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 26.8% 2025 down 46.7% 3rd
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 33.1% 2025 down 36.5% 3rd
Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 14.5% 2025 down 57.6% 3rd
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 5,169 Thousand persons 2025 down 41.5% 10th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2819 2023 down 18.9% 29th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population 0.2794 2023 down 18.3% 30th
Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 18,869 Thousand persons 2025 down 5.1% 8th
Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8.8 Average 2025 down 3.3% 2nd
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 8.7% 2025 down 52.7% 6th
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 23.6% 2025 up 13.5% 3rd
Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 23.6% 2025 up 13.5% 3rd
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 5,169 Thousand persons 2025 down 41.5% 8th
Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 8.7% 2025 down 52.7% 6th
Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 8.0% 2025 down 77.5% 12th
Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 16.0% 2025 down 47.2% 2nd
Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 16.8% 2025 down 50.6% 2nd
Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 3,160 Thousand persons 2025 down 53.1% 5th
Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 32.0% 2023 down 23.6% 8th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 5,169 Thousand persons 2025 down 41.5% 8th
Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 71.7% 2020 up 55.2% 45th
Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 33.3% 2025 down 61.1% 5th
Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 2,950 Thousand persons 2020 down 52.3% 10th
Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 5.7% 2015 down 28.8% 9th
Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 15.2% 2020 down 50.2% 5th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 30.4% 2020 down 26.7% 6th
At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 6.4% 2025 down 73.1% 38th
Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 9 Thousand persons 2025 down 76.3% 3rd
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU -3,242 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 down 370.5% 40th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 30.4% 2020 down 26.7% 8th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, female 31.9% 2020 down 24.8% 5th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, male 28.8% 2020 down 28.9% 8th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio, children 36.1% 2020 down 24.9% 6th