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Romania: economy

Romania's economy figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Romania, the page says so.

Economic growth: Romania is the 23rd highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

real GDP, change on the year: 0.7% for Romania, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole.

Romania against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

GDP per head

index, EU = 100

Romania: 78 in 2025, against 100 for the EU as a whole — the joint 21st highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

GDP per head: Romania and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
20Estonia80
joint 21Croatia78
joint 21Romania78
23Hungary76
24Slovakia75
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)100
  • Published from 1995 to 2025. Highest: 78 in 2025. Lowest: 26 in 2000.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 74*.
  • Above the EU figure in 0* of 31* years with a figure for both (1995–2025).

GDP per head, adjusted for prices

purchasing power standard

Romania: 32,353 in 2025, against 41,699 for the EU as a whole — the 22nd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

GDP per head, adjusted for prices: Romania and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
20Estonia33,279
21Croatia32,370
22Romania32,353
23Hungary31,719
24Slovakia31,139
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)41,699
  • Published from 1995 to 2025. Highest: 32,353 in 2025. Lowest: 4,547 in 1995.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 28,333*.
  • Above the EU figure in 0* of 31* years with a figure for both (1995–2025).

Economic growth

real GDP, change on the year

Romania: 0.7% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the 23rd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Economic growth: Romania and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
joint 19France0.8%
joint 19Slovakia0.8%
23Romania0.7%
24Luxembourg0.6%
joint 25Hungary0.5%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 10.4% in 2004. Lowest: -5.5% in 2009.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 2.7%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 21* of 30* years with a figure for both (1996–2025).

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The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

  • A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
  • The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
  • The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
  • The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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