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.
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.5% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.227 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0869 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0869 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1169 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2087 (2023)
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.