Over the period under consideration, the poverty rate in Romania peaked in 2015 at 25.4 percent. From 2019, the poverty rate dropped every year, reaching 21.2 percent in 2022.
Poverty rate in Romania from 2007 to 2022*
Characteristic
Poverty rate
2022
21.2%
2021
22.5%
2020
23.4%
2019
23.8%
2018
23.5%
2017
23.6%
2016
25.3%
2015
25.4%
2014
25.1%
2013
23%
2012
22.9%
2011
22.3%
2010
21.1%
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21%22%23%24%25%26%
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* Poverty rate is the share of poor people (who have a disposable income per adult-equivalent lower than the threshold set at 60 percent of the average disposable income) in the total population.
** Data from 2006 to 2011: Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)
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National Institute of Statistics Romania. (November 24, 2023). Poverty rate in Romania from 2007 to 2022* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191508/romania-poverty-rate/
National Institute of Statistics Romania. "Poverty rate in Romania from 2007 to 2022*." Chart. November 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed February 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191508/romania-poverty-rate/
National Institute of Statistics Romania. (2023). Poverty rate in Romania from 2007 to 2022*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191508/romania-poverty-rate/
National Institute of Statistics Romania. "Poverty Rate in Romania from 2007 to 2022*." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191508/romania-poverty-rate/
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Poverty rate in Romania from 2007 to 2022* [Graph], National Institute of Statistics Romania, November 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191508/romania-poverty-rate/
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