Population living in slums in Romania
Romania: Population living in slums was 2.5% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in Romania, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
Romania recorded 2.5% for population living in slums in 2022.
That represents a change of up 62.6% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in Romania peaked at 3.6% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
That places Romania 122nd out of 174 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in Romania, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 3.6% | — |
| 2004 | 3.6% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3.5% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 3.2% | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | -10.2% |
| 2014 | 2.4% | -9.4% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 1.9% | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | -16.2% |
| 2022 | 2.5% | +62.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.8% | 0.0% | 3.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 1.9% | 3.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 1.6% | 2.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 119 Albania 2.7% compare
- 120 Antigua and Barbuda 2.6% compare
- 121 Russian Federation 2.6% compare
- 123 Kyrgyzstan 2.4% compare
- 124 Marshall Islands 2.4% compare
- 125 Solomon Islands 1.9% compare
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 population living in slums in Romania?
- Population living in slums in Romania was 2.5% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 2002.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Romania rank for population living in slums?
- Romania ranks 122nd out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published as part of Population living in slums (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.