At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Romania
Romania: At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) was 23.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Romania, 2007–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Romania stood at 23.5%.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) in Romania peaked at 31.5% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 23.4%, in 2024.
That places Romania 28th out of 45 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 | 31.5% | — |
| 2008 | 30.8% | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 28.7% | -6.8% |
| 2010 | 27.8% | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 29.2% | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 28.8% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 28.2% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 28.8% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 29.3% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 29.5% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 28.3% | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 28.0% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 28.1% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 27.8% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 27.4% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 25.4% | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 25.0% | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 23.4% | -6.4% |
| 2025 | 23.5% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.3% | 28.7% | 31.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | 28.6% | 27.8% | 29.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.4% | 23.4% | 27.8% | 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 23.5% 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 31.5% in 2007.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.4% in 2024.
- How does Romania rank for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded)?
- Romania ranks 28th out of 45 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 19.8%. 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 NUTS 2 region. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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