Answer:
increased
Romania
collapse of communism
Explanation:
Poverty refers to a lack of necessities of life including food, shelter, and clothing.
Communism is a system in which the authority of the distribution of property and resources is under the government.
According to the chart, the percentage of people living in poverty in Europe increased from 1987 to 1995.
The country with the greatest jump in the percentage of the population living in poverty was Romania.
According to what you have learned in the lesson, the collapse of communism was a contributing factor to the trends shown on the chart.
