RO · 2019 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Romania, 2019
In 2019, Romania's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 1.3% compared to 2018, reaching 23.8%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.5%.
Romania ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.2% (from 25.1% in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.