RO · 2018 · ilc_li02
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys
Romania, 2018
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.