RO · 2012 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Romania, 2012
In 2012, Romania's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 0.9% compared to 2011, reaching 22.8%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 17.6%.
Romania ranks 3rd 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 9.2% (from 25.1% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.