RO · 2017 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
Romania, 2017
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
20.0%
Romania, 2017
▲ 4.7% vs 2016 (19.1%)
Analysis
In 2017, Romania's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 4.7% compared to 2016, reaching 20.0%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.7%.
Romania ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 38.9% (from 14.4% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#8 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
136.1%
EU-27: 14.7%
Romania timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · ilc_li02