Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Romania
Romania: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 50.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Romania, 1989–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Romania recorded 50.4% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 9.4% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Romania peaked at 100.0% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 50.4%, in 2023.
That places Romania 86th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Romania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 90.4% | — |
| 1992 | 98.4% | +8.8% |
| 1994 | 100.0% | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 98.6% | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 98.8% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 96.5% | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 95.9% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 94.5% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 94.4% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 95.5% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 96.4% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 96.3% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 96.5% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 96.2% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 94.6% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 92.2% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 82.0% | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 76.1% | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 72.0% | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 64.2% | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 58.9% | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 55.7% | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 50.4% | -9.4% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 50.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.3%, 2.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Romania's 50.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 90.4% | 90.4% | 90.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 98.9% | 98.4% | 100.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 95.3% | 94.4% | 96.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 89.8% | 72.0% | 96.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.3% | 50.4% | 64.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More poverty & inequality data for Romania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Romania?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Romania was 50.4% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1994.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.4% in 2023.
- How does Romania rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Romania ranks 86th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.7%. 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 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. 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.