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Romania: prices

Romania's prices 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.

Consumer price inflation: Romania is the highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

all items, annual average change: 6.8% for Romania, against 2.5% 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.

Consumer price inflation

all items, annual average change

Romania: 6.8% in 2025, against 2.5% for the EU as a whole — the highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Consumer price inflation: Romania and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Romania6.8%
2Estonia4.8%
joint 3Croatia4.4%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.5%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 154.9% in 1997. Lowest: -1.1% in 2016.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 7.7%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 22* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Food prices

annual average change

Romania: 6.8% in 2025, against 3.3% for the EU as a whole — the 2nd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Food prices: Romania and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Estonia7.0%
2Romania6.8%
3Latvia6.3%
4Bulgaria6.2%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)3.3%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 150.1% in 1997. Lowest: -3.5% in 2015.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 8.7%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 21* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Housing and utilities prices

annual average change

Romania: 10.8% in 2025, against 2.8% for the EU as a whole — the highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Housing and utilities prices: Romania and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Romania10.8%
2Austria7.3%
3Bulgaria7.2%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.8%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 172.7% in 1997. Lowest: -2.2% in 2016.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 11.0%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 24* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Household energy prices

electricity, gas and heating fuel, annual average change

Romania: 11.3% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the 3rd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Household energy prices: Romania and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Luxembourg16.7%
2Austria14.7%
3Romania11.3%
4Spain10.7%
5Belgium8.2%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 2002 to 2025. Highest: 39.5% in 2002. Lowest: -2.1% in 2016.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 11.7%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 18* of 24* years with a figure for both (2002–2025).

Transport prices

annual average change

Romania: 4.6% in 2025, against 0.7% for the EU as a whole — the 2nd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Transport prices: Romania and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Estonia8.0%
2Romania4.6%
3Malta3.6%
4Slovakia2.3%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)0.7%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 153.7% in 1997. Lowest: -4.9% in 2020.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 6.9%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 19* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

House prices

annual change in the house price index

Romania: 5.7% in 2025, the 15th highest of the 26 EU states with a figure for 2025.

House prices: Romania and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
13Slovenia7.3%
14Malta6.0%
15Romania5.7%
16Estonia5.2%
17Poland4.9%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)no figure published
  • Published from 2010 to 2025. Highest: 7.2% in 2022. Lowest: -12.3% in 2011.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 5.1%*.

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Modification notice and disclaimer

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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