At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Romania
Romania: At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) was 13.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Romania, 2007–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Romania is 13.5%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 36.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Romania peaked at 24.3% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 13.5%, in 2025.
That places Romania 30th out of 47 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Romania, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 24.3% | — |
| 2008 | 21.7% | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 20.2% | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 19.0% | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 19.8% | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 19.1% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 19.4% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 20.5% | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 21.4% | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 20.8% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 19.2% | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 19.4% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 18.2% | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 17.5% | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 18.9% | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 16.0% | -15.3% |
| 2023 | 17.5% | +9.4% |
| 2024 | 13.8% | -21.1% |
| 2025 | 13.5% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.1% | 20.2% | 24.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 19.7% | 18.2% | 21.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.2% | 13.5% | 18.9% | 6 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Romania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.71 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,021 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 10.64 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 27.54 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.5% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Romania?
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Romania was 13.5% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 24.3% in 2007.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.5% in 2025.
- How does Romania rank for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded)?
- Romania ranks 30th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded from social transfers) by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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