Romania Poverty Headcount

Current and historical poverty headcount data for Romania, including latest value (19), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Romania
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Romania · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
64 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 14.1 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 14.5 / 20
External stability 9.4 / 15
Financial robustness 10.5 / 15
Structural stability 3.4 / 10
Future capacity 7.1 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.4 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 80% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2006–2023 20062023
2006 2023
Selected year: 2023 · Value: n/a 2023

Romania · poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines.

2006–2023
19 percent
21.1 percent
22.88 percent
22 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2023
poverty headcount rate reference line

Countries by poverty headcount

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Nigeria 56.2 high
Kenya 39.8 high
Argentina 38.1 high
South Africa 37.9 high
Egypt 33.5 high
Ethiopia 33.1 medium
Colombia 31.8 medium
Mexico 29.6 medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Germany 14.8
France 15.6
China 0
India 21.9

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SI.POV.NAHC

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+02:00

Romania Snapshot

country profile
Population 19.05 m
GDP 382.56 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 5.72%
Unemployment 5.99%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

Romania Poverty Headcount: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Poverty Headcount for Romania. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: romania poverty headcount rate, poverty headcount data romania, romania poverty headcount statistics, romania percent.