Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Romania
Romania: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 71.5% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Romania, 1989–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Romania stood at 71.5%. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.8% on the previous year and down 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Romania peaked at 100.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 71.5%, in 2021.
That places Romania 82nd out of 119 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Romania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 95.9% | — |
| 1992 | 100.0% | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 99.2% | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 97.8% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 97.8% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 97.1% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 97.2% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 97.8% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 98.5% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 98.1% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 98.5% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 98.5% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 97.2% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 96.2% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 90.1% | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 85.9% | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 83.1% | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 76.8% | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 71.5% | -6.8% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 71.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 2.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Romania's 71.5% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 95.9% | 95.9% | 95.9% | 1 |
| 1990s | 99.6% | 99.2% | 100.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 97.5% | 97.1% | 97.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 94.4% | 83.1% | 98.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.2% | 71.5% | 76.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More poverty & inequality data for Romania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Romania?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Romania was 71.5% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.5% in 2021.
- How does Romania rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Romania ranks 82nd out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.