{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"ro-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/ro-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/ro-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in Romania (2025)","description":"Romania's Median Equivalised Net Income: 8,187 EUR per person in 2025, +4.5% YoY, roughly 36% of the EU-27 average. 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Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure represents typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total."},{"question":"How does Romania's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"In 2025, Romania's median equivalised net income was approximately 36% of the EU-27 average of 22,939 EUR, leaving an absolute gap of around 14,752 EUR. That proportional gap has likely narrowed substantially compared with 2010, when Romania's 2,036 EUR was only around 14% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR, even as the absolute euro gap has widened somewhat (from about 12,485 EUR to 14,752 EUR)."},{"question":"How much has Romania's median income grown since 2010?","answer":"Romania's median equivalised net income rose from 2,036 EUR in 2010 to approximately 8,187 EUR in 2025 — roughly a fourfold increase (+302%) over 15 years, the largest percentage gain of any country in the ILC_DI03 series over that period, ahead of Poland (+227%) and Latvia (+212%). The EU-27 average grew far more slowly over the same period, from roughly 14,521 EUR to about 22,939 EUR (+58%), which is the main driver of Romania's rise from approximately 14% to 36% of the EU-27 median."},{"question":"Which years saw the fastest income growth in Romania?","answer":"Growth accelerated markedly from 2017 onward: +12.0% in 2017, +19.8% in 2018, and +17.3% in 2019, likely reflecting a period of strong minimum-wage increases and public-sector pay hikes. After a brief slowdown to +10.8% in 2020, growth resumed above 13% every year from 2021 through 2024, including two years near +19% (+19.2% in 2023 and +19.3% in 2024), before easing to +4.5% in 2025."},{"question":"Did Romania's median income ever decline?","answer":"The series shows two consecutive contraction years early in the decade: -2.0% in 2012 (to 2,049 EUR) and -1.6% in 2013 (to 2,016 EUR), likely tied to the fiscal austerity measures and public-sector wage cuts Romania implemented in the aftermath of its 2009–2010 IMF-EU support programme. Since 2013, growth has typically been positive and often accelerating, with no further declines recorded through 2025."}]}