RO · 2018 · ilc_li02

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

Romania, 2018

At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex
22.5%
Romania, 2018
▼ 1.7% vs 2017 (22.9%)
Analysis

In 2018, Romania's at-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex decreased by 1.7% compared to 2017, reaching 22.5%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.2%.

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 2.2% (from 23.0% in 2013).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#1 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
138.9%
EU-27: 16.2%
Romania timeline (last 15 years)
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