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Romania: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)

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Country: Romania Indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) Year: 2025

Country overview

Romania

Current reading for Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)

Latest value

5.60 Percent of people aged 0 to 64

European ranking

20 / 30

Compared with Europe

-1.7 puntos

Romania is 1.7 points below the European average.

EU: 7.30

Affected population

≈ 1.07 million people affected

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 5.60 Percent of people aged 0 to 64 Europe benchmark: 7.05 Percent of people aged 0 to 64

Internal regions

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Indicator: Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years)

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Sud-Est

    +78.60

    10.00

  2. 2

    Vest

    +75.00

    9.80

  3. 3

    Sud-Vest Oltenia

    +30.40

    7.30

  4. 4

    Centru

    +17.90

    6.60

  5. 5

    Sud-Muntenia

    -3.60

    5.40

  6. 6

    Nord-Vest

    -3.60

    5.40

  7. 7

    Nord-Est

    -57.10

    2.40

  8. 8

    Bucureşti-Ilfov

    -83.90

    0.90

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Romania performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Romania

In Romania, Low work intensity is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 5.6% versus 7.1% in 2025, with a gap of 1.5 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Romania, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 4.70% in 2020 to 5.60% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 4.30% in 2024 to 5.60% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.

Regional differences in Romania

In Romania, regional differences in Low work intensity are pronounced. Across 8 comparable regions, Sud-Est records the highest value (10%) and Bucureşti-Ilfov the lowest (0.9%), a gap of 9.1 percentage points.