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the European Union and Romania

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the European Union

Romania

The widest gap is Disposable income per person: the European Union €22,939 against Romania €8,187, 2.80× apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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the European Union
Romania

People

Median age0.8 years
44.9 years
44.1 years
Life expectancy at birth5.0 years
81.5 years
76.5 years
People23.66×
450.6m
19m
People per square kilometre35.2%
110 per km²
81.3 per km²
Women in the population0.2 points
51.0%
51.2%
Born abroad8.2 points
14.4%
6.2%
Born outside the EU5.9 points
10.4%
4.5%

Money and work

Disposable income per person2.80×
€22,939
€8,187
Average net income2.97×
€25,952
€8,748
Take-home pay, average-wage worker2.16×
€29,954
€13,877
Gross pay, average-wage worker84.0%
€43,658
€23,722
In work, age 20 to 647.1 points
76.1%
69.0%
Out of work0.1 points
6.0%
6.1%
Hours worked a week2.7 hours
37.3 hours
40.0 hours
At risk of poverty2.1 points
16.3%
18.4%
Housing costs over 40% of income2.7 points
7.7%
5.0%
GDP per person2.09×
€41,700
€19,960

Family and home

People at home8.7%
2.3
2.5
Households with children5.4 points
28.7%
34.1%
Children per woman3.7%
1.34
1.39
Own their home24.7 points
68.5%
93.2%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds44.0%
507 per 100,000 people
731 per 100,000 people
Doctors2.0%
374 per 100,000 people
381 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree17.4 points
36.9%
19.5%
Students per 1,000 people48.3%
42.4 per 1,000 people
28.6 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them2.45×
€19,707
€8,028
Tax raised per person3.03×
€16,198
€5,339
Government debt22.4 points
81.7%
59.3%

Country and infrastructure

Land area17.72×
4,225,104 km²
238,398 km²
Railway density8.4%
49.1 per 1,000 km²
45.3 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density3.84×
18.6 per 1,000 km²
4.9 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people26.7%
584 per 1,000 people
461 per 1,000 people
Households with internet0.7 points
94.8%
95.5%
Tourist nights per resident4.31×
6.73
1.56

Environment

Renewable energy0.6 points
26.2%
25.6%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

the European Union

Romania

Function
the European Union
Romania
12.4%
13.5%
3.0%
3.8%
3.5%
6.5%
10.8%
15.6%
1.7%
2.0%
1.5%
3.5%
15.0%
12.0%
2.4%
2.5%
9.7%
9.3%
40.0%
31.4%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: the European Union and Romania

  1. Where do more people live: the European Union or Romania?

    The gap is 23.66×: the European Union 450.6m, Romania 19m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. demo_pjan · 2025. See the figure

  2. Which covers more ground: the European Union or Romania?

    The gap is 17.72×: the European Union 4,225,104, Romania 238,398. Total area of the country, inland water included. reg_area3 · 2026. See the figure

  3. Which spends more on health per resident: the European Union or Romania?

    The gap is 3.08×: the European Union €2,959, Romania €961. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. gov_10a_exp · 2024. See the figure

  4. Where is more tax raised per resident: the European Union or Romania?

    The gap is 3.03×: the European Union €16,198, Romania €5,339. Taxes and net social contributions received by general government, per resident. gov_10a_taxag · 2024. See the figure

  5. Who has more to spend, the typical person in the European Union or Romania?

    The gap is 2.80×: the European Union €22,939, Romania €8,187. Median equivalised disposable income: household income after taxes and transfers, divided by household size on the OECD-modified scale. What one person has to spend — not a salary. ilc_di03 · 2025. See the figure

  6. Where were more residents born abroad: the European Union or Romania?

    The gap is 8.2 points: the European Union 14.4%, Romania 6.2%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. migr_pop3ctb · 2025. See the figure

  7. Where do more adults hold a degree: the European Union or Romania?

    The gap is 17.4 points: the European Union 36.9%, Romania 19.5%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. edat_lfse_03 · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: the European Union or Romania?

    The gap is 44.0%: Romania 731, the European Union 507. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. hlth_rs_bds1 · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where do more people own their home: the European Union or Romania?

    The gap is 24.7 points: Romania 93.2%, the European Union 68.5%. Share of people living in a home owned by their household, mortgaged or outright. ilc_lvho02 · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where does more energy come from renewables: the European Union or Romania?

    The gap is 0.6 points: the European Union 26.2%, Romania 25.6%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. nrg_ind_ren · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.