Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Romania
Romania: Reduction in income inequality before and after tax was 38.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Romania, 2006–2023
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Romania recorded 38.1% for reduction in income inequality before and after tax in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Romania peaked at 38.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 30.6%, in 2014.
Romania ranks 11th of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.3% | 30.9% | 34.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 34.5% | 30.6% | 37.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.3% | 33.1% | 38.2% | 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 men 0.1169 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0869 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0869 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2087 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Romania?
- Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Romania was 38.1% in 2023, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest reduction in income inequality before and after tax recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 38.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest reduction in income inequality before and after tax recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.6% in 2014.
- How does Romania rank for reduction in income inequality before and after tax?
- Romania ranks 11th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is reduction in income inequality before and after tax rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Reduction in income inequality before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This is the percentage difference between the Gini coefficient before taxes and benefits and the Gini coefficient after taxes and benefits.