Roxana Mînzatu· S&D

Confirmed

One out of three children in Romania is at risk of poverty and exclusion

Omissions

• The most recent Eurostat data (2024) shows 33.8%, which is slightly higher than the exact 'one in three' (33.3%) figure. The data represents a significant decrease of 5.2 percentage points from 2023, when the rate was 39.0%. The speaker did not mention this positive trend of reduction in child poverty.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat - Children at risk of poverty or social exclusion statisticsRomania registered the largest decrease in the share of children at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2024, -5.2 percentage points compared with 2023
• PrimaryUNECE - Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in RomaniaIn 2023, Romania recorded an AROPE rate of 39.0% for children, substantially higher than the EU average of 24.8%
• SecondaryRomania Insider - One in three children in Romania live in poverty, new report saysMore than one in three children in Romania, roughly 1.25 million, live in poverty