Severe material and social deprivation rate by sex

In 2025, Romania's severe material and social deprivation rate by sex decreased by 2.3% compared to 2024, reaching 33.6.

Romania accounts for 266.7% of the EU-27 total of 12.6.

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 33.6% (from 50.6 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_lm420, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.