Persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate

In 2024, Romania's persistent-at-risk-of-poverty rate decreased by 49.4% compared to 2023, reaching 8.00.

Romania accounts for 75.5% of the EU-27 total of 10.6.

Romania ranks 15th 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 60.6% (from 20.3 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tespm150, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.