Poverty at $3.65 a day — all countries

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Romania

Poverty at $3.65 a day in Romania in 2023 — 1.3%. Ranked 29 in the world out of 57. Since 1989, the indicator has risen by 1.3 pp.

2023 1.3% −1.5 pp vs 2022
World rank 29of 57
Period maximum 39.9%1994
Period minimum 0%1989

Trend over time

1989–2023 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Romania, 1989–202301020304019891993199720012005200920132017202120231989: 0%1992: 2.6%1994: 39.9%1995: 9.4%1997: 10.9%1998: 11.3%1999: 26.9%2000: 29.4%2001: 23.3%2002: 22.7%2003: 19.1%2004: 15%2005: 12.1%2006: 18.3%2007: 14.3%2008: 10.7%2009: 10.1%2010: 11.5%2011: 13%2012: 13.6%2013: 15.5%2014: 14.1%2015: 12.9%2016: 9.1%2017: 6.8%2018: 5.9%2019: 4.8%2020: 4.1%2021: 3%2022: 2.8%2023: 1.3%
Change over the period: +1.3 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Romania

Romania 1.3%
World 19.6%
Eastern Europe computed 0.38%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.3 −1.5 pp
2022 2.8 −0.2 pp
2021 3 −1.1 pp
2020 4.1 −0.7 pp
2019 4.8 −1.1 pp
2018 5.9 −0.9 pp
2017 6.8 −2.3 pp
2016 9.1 −3.8 pp
2015 12.9 −1.2 pp
2014 14.1 −1.4 pp
2013 15.5 +1.9 pp
2012 13.6 +0.6 pp
2011 13 +1.5 pp
2010 11.5 +1.4 pp
2009 10.1 −0.6 pp
2008 10.7 −3.6 pp
2007 14.3 −4 pp
2006 18.3 +6.2 pp
2005 12.1 −2.9 pp
2004 15 −4.1 pp
2003 19.1 −3.6 pp
2002 22.7 −0.6 pp
2001 23.3 −6.1 pp
2000 29.4 +2.5 pp
1999 26.9 +15.6 pp
1998 11.3 +0.4 pp
1997 10.9
1995 9.4 −30.5 pp
1994 39.9
1992 2.6
1989 0

Eastern Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $3.65 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity. The World Bank keeps three international lines because one does not work for the whole world: extreme poverty at $2.15 has all but disappeared in middle-income countries, and they need a higher line. This one matches the typical national lines of lower-middle-income countries — that is, it answers how many are poor by the standards of countries like them, not how many are destitute.

Important: Measured from consumption or income in household surveys held once every few years, so the years are discontinuous. The line is set in 2017 PPP dollars, not in current ones.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.