EU 16.23
· European ranking
11 / 30
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Romania: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
18.40% of people
EU 16.23 · +2.2 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
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Regional map
· 2025 · 8 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+51.09
27.80
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2+36.41
25.10
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3+27.17
23.40
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4+4.89
19.30
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5+3.80
19.10
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6-15.22
15.60
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7-35.33
11.90
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8-85.33
2.70
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Romania performs less favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Romania
In Romania, Poverty risk is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 18.4% versus 16.2% in 2025, with a gap of 2.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Romania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 23.40% in 2020 to 18.40% in 2025. The latest step, from 19.00% in 2024 to 18.40% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is weaker than the primary one.
Regional differences in Romania
In Romania, regional differences in Poverty risk are pronounced. Across 8 comparable regions, Sud-Vest Oltenia records the highest value (27.8%) and Bucureşti-Ilfov the lowest (2.7%), a gap of 25.1 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Romania, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.