At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex

In 2014, Romania's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex increased by 8.7% compared to 2013, reaching 24.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 17.7%.

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 grown by 8.3% (from 23.0% in 2009).

Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.