Gini coefficient in Romania
Romania: Gini coefficient was 0.2983 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gini coefficient in Romania, 1989–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Romania recorded 0.2983 for gini coefficient in 2023.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gini coefficient in Romania peaked at 0.3964 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2331, in 1989.
Romania ranks 96th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Gini coefficient in Romania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.2331 | — |
| 1992 | 0.2546 | +9.2% |
| 1994 | 0.282 | +10.8% |
| 1995 | 0.3116 | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 0.3051 | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3964 | +29.9% |
| 2007 | 0.3755 | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3643 | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3556 | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.3547 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3587 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.3655 | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.3692 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3601 | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3591 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3441 | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3601 | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 0.3576 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.348 | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.3457 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3385 | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.323 | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 0.2983 | -7.7% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 0.2983 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3209, 93% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Romania's 0.2983 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3058, 98% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gini coefficient in Romania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +29.9% | 0.3051 | 0.3964 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2331 | 0.2331 | 0.2331 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.2883 | 0.2546 | 0.3116 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.373 | 0.3556 | 0.3964 | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.3577 | 0.3441 | 0.3692 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3264 | 0.2983 | 0.3457 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Romania
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 gini coefficient in Romania?
- Gini coefficient in Romania was 0.2983 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gini coefficient recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3964 in 2006.
- What is the lowest gini coefficient recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2331 in 1989.
- How does Romania rank for gini coefficient?
- Romania ranks 96th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gini coefficient rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Gini coefficient. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.