At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers by sex - EU-SILC survey

In 2025, Romania's at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers by sex increased by 0.4% compared to 2024, reaching 23.5.

Romania accounts for 96.3% of the EU-27 total of 24.4.

Romania ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 15.5% (from 27.8 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesov250, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.