Romania's GDP expanded by 0.3% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, matching the preliminary estimates and the previous three-month period. Growth was supported across all sub-sectors, including gross fixed capital formation (2.0%), government spending (1.6%), and in household consumption (0.8%). Net external demand also weighed on growth, as imports grew 5.6%, outpacing the 2.8% gain in exports. On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, the economy grew by 1.2% from 0.1% in the previous period, marking the strongest growth since Q4 2022. source: Institutul National de Statistica

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Romania expanded 0.30 percent in the second quarter of 2025 over the same quarter of the previous year. GDP Annual Growth Rate in Romania averaged 2.97 percent from 1996 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 14.70 percent in the second quarter of 2021 and a record low of -10.00 percent in the second quarter of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Romania GDP Annual Growth Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Romania GDP Annual Growth Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2025.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Romania expanded 0.30 percent in the second quarter of 2025 over the same quarter of the previous year. GDP Annual Growth Rate in Romania is expected to be 0.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Romania GDP Annual Growth Rate is projected to trend around 2.40 percent in 2026 and 2.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-08-14 06:00 AM
YoY Prel
Q2 0.3% 0.3% 0.6% 0.5%
2025-09-05 06:00 AM
YoY 2nd Est
Q2 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
2025-10-10 06:00 AM
YoY Final
Q2


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Full Year GDP Growth 0.90 2.40 percent Dec 2024
GDP Growth Rate YoY 0.30 0.30 percent Jun 2025
GDP Constant Prices 303939.80 303933.70 RON Million Mar 2025
GDP from Agriculture 11493.84 10973.98 RON Million Mar 2025
GDP from Construction 21675.50 18607.60 RON Million Mar 2025
GDP from Manufacturing 47896.40 42857.70 RON Million Mar 2025
GDP from Public Administration 40803.50 41215.30 RON Million Mar 2025
GDP from Services 61697.10 61289.00 RON Million Mar 2025
GDP Growth Rate 1.20 0.10 percent Jun 2025
Gross Fixed Capital Formation 82711.80 69553.50 RON Million Mar 2025

Romania GDP Annual Growth Rate
On the expenditure side, household consumption is the main component of GDP and accounts for 63 percent of its total use, followed by gross fixed capital formation (22 percent) and government expenditure (14 percent). Exports of goods and services account for 41 percent of GDP and imports account for 41 percent.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
0.30 0.30 14.70 -10.00 1996 - 2025 percent Quarterly
NSA

News Stream
Romania's GDP Steady at 0.3% in Q2
Romania's GDP expanded by 0.3% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, matching the preliminary estimates and the previous three-month period. Growth was supported across all sub-sectors, including gross fixed capital formation (2.0%), government spending (1.6%), and in household consumption (0.8%). Net external demand also weighed on growth, as imports grew 5.6%, outpacing the 2.8% gain in exports. On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, the economy grew by 1.2% from 0.1% in the previous period, marking the strongest growth since Q4 2022.
2025-09-05
Romania Q2 GDP Growth Misses Forecast
The gross domestic product in Romania expanded by 0.3% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, the same pace as in the previous three-month period but fell short of market expectations of a 0.6% growth, preliminary estimates showed. This marked the seventeenth consecutive month of economic expansion but the softest pace in the sequence. On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, the country’s economy grew by 1.2% in the second quarter, marking the strongest growth since Q4 2022 and accelerating from an upwardly revised 0.1% rise in the previous period.
2025-08-14
Romanian Q2 GDP Growth Confirmed at 0.3%
The Romanian GDP increased 0.3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, unchanged from the second estimate, but easing from 0.5% in the previous three-month period. This marked the softest growth in a year, largely due to a decline in government spending (-7.3%) and household consumption (-0.3%). Meanwhile, gross fixed capital formation surged by 20.3%. On net external demand, exports grew 6.3%, outpacing the 3.6% rise in imports. On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, the economy stagnated in the March quarter, following 0.5% growth in the prior quarter.
2025-07-10