Romania Poverty Rate

Romania poverty rate for 2022 was 8.60%, a 0.9% increase from 2021.
  • Romania poverty rate for 2021 was 7.70%, a 3.1% decline from 2020.
  • Romania poverty rate for 2020 was 10.80%, a 1.1% decline from 2019.
  • Romania poverty rate for 2019 was 11.90%, a 2.4% decline from 2018.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Romania Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1989 - 2022.