Median Equivalised Net Income in Romania (2025)
Romania's Median Equivalised Net Income: 8,187 EUR per person in 2025, +4.5% YoY, roughly 36% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,187 | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 7,837 | +19.3% |
| 2023 | 6,568 | +19.2% |
| 2022 | 5,512 | +14.1% |
| 2021 | 4,830 | +13.2% |
| 2020 | 4,267 | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 3,851 | +17.3% |
| 2018 | 3,284 | +19.8% |
| 2017 | 2,742 | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 2,448 | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 2,315 | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 2,155 | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 2,016 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 2,049 | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 2,091 | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 2,036 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Romania's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 8,187 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03), a 4.5% increase from 7,837 EUR in 2024, following back-to-back gains near +19% in 2023 and 2024.
The key story is rapid convergence: Romania's median income has likely grown from approximately 14% of the EU-27 average in 2010 to 36% in 2025. Over the same 15 years, Romania's income roughly quadrupled (+302%), the largest gain of any country in this Eurostat series, ahead of Poland (+227%) and Latvia (+212%), while the EU-27 average rose only 58% (from about 14,521 EUR to approximately 22,939 EUR). The absolute gap has still widened in nominal terms, from approximately 12,485 EUR in 2010 to 14,752 EUR in 2025, even as the proportional gap has likely narrowed considerably — a reminder that percentage convergence and euro-denominated convergence do not necessarily move together.
Growth has not been uniform. The series shows two consecutive contraction years in 2012 and 2013 (-2.0% and -1.6%), likely tied to austerity measures and public-sector wage cuts following Romania's 2009–2010 IMF-EU support programme. Momentum then rebuilt steadily and accelerated sharply from 2017 through 2019 (+12.0%, +19.8%, +17.3%), likely reflecting large minimum-wage increases, before continuing at a brisk pace through 2024 and moderating to +4.5% in 2025.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison uses Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. The Romanian National Institute of Statistics (INS) provides the underlying EU-SILC microdata; Romania's series in this dataset begins in 2007, though this page presents 2010–2025 for consistency with comparable cluster pages.