The average income per capita in Romania increased to $15,660 in 2022 from $14,200 in 2021, World Bank data show. Romania was promoted to high income country in 2019 but slipped back into the upper middle-income bracket in 2020, returning in 2021, however.
The only Central and Eastern Europe EU member not in this bracket yet is Bulgaria, with an average income per capita of $13,250 in 2022.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)