FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG IMPROVING SOCIAL PROTECTION IN ROMANIA Figure 6 The evolution of at risk-of-poverty rate for children below 16 years of age in Romania as compared to the EU-27 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Source: Eurostat, 2020. Authors' own graph. EU Romania Figure 7 The evolution of the median poverty gap for children below 16 years of age in Romania as compared to the EU-27 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Source: Eurostat, 2020. Authors' own graph. EU Romania 8