Romania is the 51 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Rank in Romania averaged 64.92 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 78.00 in 2013 and a record low of 51.00 in 2019. source: World Economic Forum



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Business Confidence -3.00 -1.50 points Mar 2026
Capacity Utilization 69.90 68.50 percent Mar 2026
Car Registrations 10383.00 8965.00 Units Mar 2026
Changes in Inventories 1669.40 -11532.20 RON Million Dec 2025
Corruption Index 45.00 46.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 70.00 65.00 Dec 2025
Electricity Production 4497.00 4525.00 Gigawatt-hour Jan 2026
Factory Orders -3.20 -5.30 percent Feb 2026
Industrial Production YoY -1.50 -3.50 percent Feb 2026
Industrial Production MoM -0.40 -3.00 percent Feb 2026
Manufacturing Production -2.40 -6.00 percent Feb 2026
Mining Production -3.10 -1.60 percent Feb 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Capacity 33.86 33.86 TWh Apr 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Injection 66.96 54.17 GWh/d Apr 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Inventory 8.96 8.90 TWh Apr 2026
Natural Gas Stocks Withdrawal 6.20 8.20 GWh/d Apr 2026
New Orders 124.10 109.80 points Feb 2026
New Car Registrations YoY 4.60 -24.30 percent Mar 2026


Romania Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
51.00 52.00 78.00 51.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly