In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Romania
Romania: In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract was 4.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Romania, 2007–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Romania is 4.1%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.8% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Romania peaked at 5.8% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 2020.
Romania ranks 30th of 47 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.
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Romania, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4.4% | — |
| 2008 | 4.7% | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.4% | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 5.7% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 5.8% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 4.9% | -15.5% |
| 2014 | 5.5% | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 5.1% | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 5.4% | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 5.0% | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 4.2% | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 5.0% | +19.0% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | -20.0% |
| 2021 | 4.3% | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 5.5% | +27.9% |
| 2023 | 4.4% | -20.0% |
| 2024 | 4.7% | +6.8% |
| 2025 | 4.1% | -12.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 5.2% | 4.2% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 4.0% | 5.5% | 6 |
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 in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Romania?
- In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract in Romania was 4.1% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8% in 2012.
- What is the lowest in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 2020.
- How does Romania rank for in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract?
- Romania ranks 30th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is in-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. 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 In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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