ES EN

Romania: Material and Social Deprivation

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Romania

Latest value

· 2025

26.80% of people

EU 11.38 · +15.4 pp vs Europe

European ranking

2 / 30

Up 1 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

19.0M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the share of people who, because they cannot afford them, lack at least 5 of 13 specified material or social items considered relevant to an adequate standard of living.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Material and social deprivation rate ilc_mdsd09

Explore this indicator

Regional map

· 2025 · 8 regions

Open map
Loading map preview...

Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Sud-Est

    +54.10

    41.30

  2. 2

    Sud-Muntenia

    +15.67

    31.00

  3. 3

    Sud-Vest Oltenia

    +2.24

    27.40

  4. 4

    Nord-Vest

    -2.24

    26.20

  5. 5

    Nord-Est

    -8.96

    24.40

  6. 6

    Centru

    -10.82

    23.90

  7. 7

    Bucureşti-Ilfov

    -18.66

    21.80

  8. 8

    Vest

    -43.66

    15.10

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Romania performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Material and social deprivation rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Romania

In Romania, Material deprivation stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 26.8% versus 11.4% in 2025, a large gap of 15.4 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Romania, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 38.90% in 2020 to 26.80% in 2025. The latest value changes little from 26.50% in 2024, indicating a pause in the previous improvement.

Regional differences in Romania

In Romania, Material deprivation shows noticeable regional variation. Across 8 comparable regions, Sud-Est records the highest value (41.3%) and Vest the lowest (15.1%), a gap of 26.2 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Romania, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions 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.