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 5.5% compared to 2011, reaching 23.1%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.3%.
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 4.1% (from 24.1% in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_li02, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.