Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Romania
Romania: Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income was 14.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Romania, 1989–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Romania recorded 14.7% for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in 2023.
The figure is down 16.5% on the previous year and down 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Romania peaked at 21.3% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7.6%, in 1989.
Romania ranks 34th of 130 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Romania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 7.6% | — |
| 1992 | 9.3% | +22.4% |
| 1994 | 9.3% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 11.2% | +20.4% |
| 1997 | 10.2% | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 11.0% | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 9.5% | -13.6% |
| 2000 | 9.6% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 10.1% | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 10.6% | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 9.7% | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 10.7% | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 9.8% | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 20.1% | +105.1% |
| 2007 | 18.4% | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 17.0% | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 16.8% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 17.9% | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 18.2% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 19.0% | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 20.9% | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 21.3% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 20.5% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 18.8% | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 19.2% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 18.1% | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 18.0% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 18.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 17.0% | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 17.6% | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 14.7% | -16.5% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 14.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 11.7%, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Romania's 14.7% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11.0%, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Romania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +105.1% | 9.8% | 20.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.6% | 7.6% | 7.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 10.1% | 9.3% | 11.2% | 6 |
| 2000s | 13.3% | 9.6% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.2% | 17.9% | 21.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.8% | 14.7% | 18.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More infrastructure data for Romania
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 22.78 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 119.81 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.72 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 9.06 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0904 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -12.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1.72 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.2 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Romania?
- Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Romania was 14.7% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 21.3% in 2014.
- What is the lowest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6% in 1989.
- How does Romania rank for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income?
- Romania ranks 34th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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