At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region in Romania
Romania: At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region was 18.4 in 2025. ▼ Falling
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region in Romania, 2007–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
The most recent figure for at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in Romania is 18.4, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in Romania peaked at 25.4 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 18.4, in 2025.
Romania ranks 14th of 35 countries on this measure, 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 by NUTS 2 region in Romania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 24.6 | — |
| 2008 | 23.6 | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 22.1 | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 21.6 | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 22.3 | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 22.9 | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 23 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 25.1 | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 25.4 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 25.3 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 23.6 | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 23.5 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 23.8 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 23.4 | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 22.5 | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 21.2 | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 21.1 | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 19 | -10.0% |
| 2025 | 18.4 | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.43 | 22.1 | 24.6 | 3 |
| 2010s | 23.65 | 21.6 | 25.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.93 | 18.4 | 23.4 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More poverty & inequality data for Romania
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.71 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,021 (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 revenues vs income inequality 27.54 (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2022)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.227 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in Romania?
- At-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region in Romania was 18.4 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 25.4 in 2015.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.4 in 2025.
- How does Romania rank for at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region?
- Romania ranks 14th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of-poverty rate by nuts 2 region rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. 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 by NUTS 2 region. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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