RO · 2020 · ilc_peps01n
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex
Romania, 2020
In 2020, Romania's persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex decreased by 1.4% compared to 2019, reaching 35.6%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 21.5%.
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 20.0% (from 44.5% in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset ilc_peps01n, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.