Persons aged 65 and over represented 19.3% of the country's resident population, on January 1, 2021, respectively 3,707,080 citizens out of a total of 19,186,201, the country's resident population, according to a press release of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) published on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons.Among the existing elderly, men accounted for 1.496 million (15.9% of the total number of men resident in Romania of 9.392 million people), and women for 2.21 million (22.6% of the total number of women resident in Romania of 9.794 million people).By region, the largest number of elderly people, relative to the total resident population were recorded in South-Western Oltenia, Southern Muntenia and South-Eastern region (over 20% of the total), followed by the Central and Western regions (19.0% each), North-Eastern (18.6%) and North Western (18.1%), the "youngest" population having been recorded in the Bucharest-Ilfov region (16.8%).The middle age and the average age, two indicators that are relevant to show the degree of aging of the population of a country place Romania below the level of the European Union, although in the past 18 years they have been constantly growing.The demographic aging index of the resident population on January 1, 2021 was 123.9 elderly people per 100 young people.The structure of households made according to the occupational status of the head of the household shows that the most numerous categories are those of employees (44.8) and pensioners (41.1%).According to the INS, the structure according to the age of the head of the household places on the second place the households led by those with a head of household aged 65 and over (32.8%), in the first place being placed those aged 25-49 (38.3%).In 2020, out of the total of 5.128 million pensioners, 4.021 million were social security pensioners, who retired when they reached the age limit.
Representatives of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, gathered for a congress in Bucharest on Friday, November 7, to elect new leadership and to amend the party’s Statute. The only candidate for party leader is Sorin Grindeanu, who held the interim position after Marcel Ciolacu's resignation in May. In his speech at the congress, Sorin […]
The e-commerce sector recorded strong early results on Black Friday 2025, according to real-time data released on Friday, November 7, by PayU GPO Romania from its dedicated Media Center. By 14:10, the payment processor reported successful transactions totaling RON 514 million (roughly EUR 101 million). PayU said shoppers had made roughly 889,000 purchases, with around […]
Contakt Express Logistik, one of Romania’s leading retailers of mobile phone and tablet accessories, with a network of over 235 stores, is set to launch the initial public offering (IPO) between November 12 and December 3, 2025. The company offers a wide range of products, including cases, screen protectors, chargers, and gadgets, both in physical […]
Romania attracts fewer international tourists today than it did during the communist era, making it the only country in Europe in this situation, the National Association of Travel Agencies (ANAT) warned, as reported by news agency Agerpres. According to the organization, Romania received more than 3.4...
InterCapital ETF, the first international ETF provider in Romania, will launch two new exchange-traded funds on the Bucharest Stock Exchange starting November 11, 2025. The new instruments are the InterCapital CROBEX10 TR UCITS ETF, which offers exposure to the Croatian blue-chip equity market by tracking the performance of the CROBEX10tr index, and the InterCapital EUR […]
The Competition Councils of Romania, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Moldova have granted the necessary authorizations and approvals for the completion of the transaction through which Maspex Romania takes over the majority shareholding of Purcari Wineries. The Maspex Group, which has been present in Romania for nearly 30 years, became the majority shareholder of one […]
