Poverty rate at the national poverty line in Romania

Poverty rate at the national poverty line in Romania was 18.4% in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is down 0.6 pts from 2023. That is the 4th highest of 26 EU countries in 2021.

202418.4%

Change on 2023-0.6 pts

Rank4th of 26EU countries ranked

Series high25.42014

Series low18.42024

Poverty rate at the national poverty line in Romania, 2006 to 2024

%. Source: World Bank, Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.

All 19 values

Period	%
2024	18.4
2023	19
2022	21.1
2021	21.2
2020	22.5
2019	23.4
2018	23.8
2017	23.5
2016	23.6
2015	25.3
2014	25.4
2013	25.1
2012	23
2011	22.9
2010	22.3
2009	21.6
2008	22.1
2007	23.6
2006	24.6

Rankings

Countries by poverty rate at the national poverty line 160 places
EU countries by poverty rate at the national poverty line 27 places

Definition

Share of the population living below the national poverty line that each country sets. World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, compiled from official government sources or computed by World Bank staff with the national line.

Each country sets its own line, so rates cannot be compared between countries; compare years within one country, and check for method changes, which can move the rate by many points. There is no World value. For the United States see poverty_rate, and for the EU at_risk_of_poverty_rate.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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APA 7

World Bank. (2026). Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC) (Poverty rate at the national poverty line, Romania, 2006 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC

MLA 9

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC), Poverty rate at the national poverty line, Romania, 2006 to 2024. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/poverty-rate-national-line/romania. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

World Bank. 2026. Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC). Poverty rate at the national poverty line, Romania, 2006 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/poverty-rate-national-line/romania.

Harvard

World Bank (2026) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC), Poverty rate at the national poverty line, Romania, 2006 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/poverty-rate-national-line/romania (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{world_poverty_rate_at_the_2024,
  author = {{World Bank}},
  title = {{Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, \% of population (SI.POV.NAHC): Poverty rate at the national poverty line, Romania, 2006 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/poverty-rate-national-line/romania. Publisher attribution: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, \% of population (SI.POV.NAHC). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.},
}

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What is the poverty rate at the national poverty line in Romania?

Poverty rate at the national poverty line in Romania was 18.4% in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is down 0.6 pts from 2023. That is the 4th highest of 26 EU countries in 2021.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest poverty rate at the national poverty line in Romania?

25.4% in 2014, the highest value since 2006 in this series.

Poverty rate at the national poverty line elsewhere in European Union (27)

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