Poverty rate

European and national figures prove that, during the past years, no big steps to eradicate poverty have been made. The latest available figures are from 2017 and refer to 2016, proving that, without the state’s social aid, half of the…

The incomes of Romania’s wealthiest 20% were 7.2 times higher in 2014 than the incomes of the country’s poorest 20%, as the biggest inequality ratio in the European Union, the National Statistics Institute (INS) informs. “In Romania, the…

Ministry of Labour, Family, and Social Protection (MMFPSPV) seeks social inclusion of vulnerable groups and to cut the number of people at risk of poverty, Daniela Morosanu, deputy secretary general of the institution, said on Thursday in a…