EU 4.73
· European ranking
19 / 30
Down 4 positions compared with previous year
Romania: Income Inequality (Rich-Poor Gap)
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
4.37 Ratio
EU 4.73 · -0.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the ratio between the total equivalised disposable income received by the highest-income 20% of the population and that received by the lowest-income 20%. A ratio of 5 means the top fifth receives five times as much income as the bottom fifth.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 ilc_di11
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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+18.99
5.20
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2+14.42
5.00
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3+0.69
4.40
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4-1.60
4.30
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5-13.04
3.80
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6-15.33
3.70
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7-24.49
3.30
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8-29.06
3.10
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Romania performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Romania
In Romania, S80/S20 ratio is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.37 versus 4.73 in 2025, with a gap of 0.36 in the ratio.
Recent trend
In Romania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 6.62 in 2020 to 4.37 in 2025. The latest step, from 4.62 in 2024 to 4.37 in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is weaker than the primary one.
Regional differences in Romania
In Romania, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 8 comparable regions, Sud-Vest Oltenia records the highest value (5.2) and Bucureşti-Ilfov the lowest (3.1), a gap of 2.1 in the ratio.
Reading within the topic
In Romania, Income & Purchasing Power shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.