Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă· NI

Overestimated

Over 70% of Romanians live in poverty, with 30% of them in absolute poverty

Omissions

• The MEP conflates different poverty indicators or may be referring to outdated data or non-standard definitions. The highest regional poverty rate in Romania was over 30% in specific regions (south-west and north-east), but this is not a national figure. The at-risk-of-poverty rate after social transfers was 19% nationally in 2024.

Sources

• PrimaryTrading Economics / EurostatRomania at-risk-of-poverty rate was 19.00% in December 2024 according to Eurostat
• PrimaryOECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies: Romania 2025Poverty rates vary substantially across regions, from 2% in Bucharest to more than 30% in the south-west and north-east regions (Eurostat)
• SecondaryRomania Insider citing INSSEIn 2024, the severe material and social deprivation rate was 17.2%, down 2.6% compared to the previous year