Romania
277 measures for Romania across 24 topics, from Eurostat, FAOSTAT, ILOSTAT, OECD, UNESCO UIS, UN Population Division, WHO, World Bank. The latest figures refer to periods between 2002 and 2026, so check the year shown on each card before comparing two of them.
Key facts
Population
19,020,271 people
2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita in US dollars
US$22,538 per person
2025 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
76.5 years
2024 · World Bank
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
6.1%
2025 · Eurostat
HICP inflation
6.8%
2025 · Eurostat
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Population and ageing
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Population on 1 January
19,043,151e (Estimated) people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
19,043,151e (Estimated) people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.0ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
12.5ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.39e (Estimated) births per woman
2024 · Eurostat
Population aged 65 and over
20.3%e (Estimated)
2025 · Eurostat
Median age of the population
44.1e (Estimated) years
2025 · Eurostat
Old-age dependency ratio
31.6e (Estimated) per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Natural population change
-5.5ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population estimates and projections
19,118,479 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Median age estimates and projections
42.6 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Fertility rate estimates and projections
1.71 births per woman
2023 · UN Population Division
Population growth estimates and projections
-0.53%
2023 · UN Population Division
Population
19,020,271 people
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
-0.17%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 65 and over
20.1%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 0 to 14
15.6%
2025 · World Bank
Fertility rate
1.39 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Crude birth rate
7.5 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Crude death rate
12.8 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Urban population share
52.2%
2025 · World Bank
Adolescent birth rate
32.8 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
2024 · World Bank
Age dependency ratio
55.5 per 100 working-age people
2025 · World Bank
Population density
82.8 people per km²
2024 · World Bank
Urban population growth
-0.16%
2025 · World Bank
Migration and citizenship
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Immigration
286,538 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
215,191e (Estimated) emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
4,040 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
1,145 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
5.4ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
-1.5 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Net migration
-29,041 people
2025 · World Bank
International migrant stock
3.4%
2024 · World Bank
Personal remittances received
2.5%
2025 · World Bank
Employment and occupations
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Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
6.1%
2025 · Eurostat
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
26.1%
2025 · Eurostat
Long-term unemployment rate
2.1%
2025 · Eurostat
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
69.0%
2025 · Eurostat
Employment rate of women, ages 20 to 64
59.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Monthly unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)
6.3%
September 2026 · Eurostat
Usual weekly working hours
40.0 hours per week
2025 · Eurostat
Part-time employment
2.3%
2025 · Eurostat
Monthly youth unemployment
30.8%
June 2026 · Eurostat
Employment of older workers
57.0%
2025 · Eurostat
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
6.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
24.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
51.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
41.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
48.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
OECD monthly unemployment rate
6.3%
September 2026 · OECD
Employment in agriculture
10.9%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
32.6%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in services
56.5%
2025 · World Bank
Wages and labour costs
About this topicEconomy and productivity
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GDP per capita in euro
€20,100p (Provisional) per person
2025 · Eurostat
GDP per capita in PPS
78p (Provisional) (EU = 100)
2024 · Eurostat
Real GDP growth
0.8%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
GDP in euro
382,740p (Provisional) million €
2025 · Eurostat
Quarterly GDP growth (seasonally adjusted)
0.0%p (Provisional)
Q2 2026 · Eurostat
Labour productivity growth
2.0%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
GDP growth, year on year
0.3%p (Provisional)
Q3 2026 · Eurostat
GDP in US dollars
US$428.7 billion
2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita in US dollars
US$22,538 per person
2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita, PPP
Int$40,846 per person
2025 · World Bank
GNI per capita, Atlas method
US$20,190 per person
2025 · World Bank
Real GDP growth
0.7%
2025 · World Bank
Services share of GDP
61.7%
2025 · World Bank
Investment share of GDP
25.9%
2025 · World Bank
Savings share of GDP
18.0%
2025 · World Bank
Household consumption per person
US$9,072 per person
2025 · World Bank
Prices and purchasing power
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HICP inflation
6.8%
2025 · Eurostat
HICP price index
160.06 (2015 = 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Monthly HICP inflation
6.5%
September 2026 · Eurostat
Consumer price level index
57 (EU = 100)
2024 · Eurostat
Food price inflation (HICP)
6.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Energy price inflation (HICP)
7.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Consumer price inflation
7.2%
2025 · World Bank
Consumer price index
190.0 (2010 = 100)
2025 · World Bank
Inflation measured by the GDP deflator
8.2%
2025 · World Bank
Exchange rate to the US dollar
4.471 per US$
2025 · World Bank
Housing and households
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House price change
5.7%
2025 · Eurostat
Housing cost overburden rate
5.0%
2025 · Eurostat
Overcrowding rate
40.4%
2025 · Eurostat
Home ownership rate
93.2%
2025 · Eurostat
Inability to keep home adequately warm
11.9%
2025 · Eurostat
Average household size
2.5 people per household
2025 · Eurostat
House prices, quarterly
12.1%
Q2 2026 · Eurostat
Arrears on utility bills
17.7%
2025 · Eurostat
Slum population
2.5%
2022 · World Bank
Education and skills
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NEET rate, ages 15 to 29
19.2%
2025 · Eurostat
Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34
23.0%
2025 · Eurostat
Early leavers from education and training
15.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Adult participation in learning
10.2%
2025 · Eurostat
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
17.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
98.1%
2021 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
96.1%
2021 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
83.8%
2021 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
15.6%nat_est (National estimate)
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
16.3%nat_est (National estimate)
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school youth
26.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Primary net enrolment
84.4%nat_est (National estimate)
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Youth literacy
99.9%
2021 · UNESCO UIS
Education share of public spending
8.8%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Education spending
3.3%
2022 · World Bank
Primary school enrolment (gross)
84.9%
2023 · World Bank
Tertiary education enrolment (gross)
55.2%
2023 · World Bank
Adult literacy rate
99.2%
2021 · World Bank
Primary school completion rate
81.0%
2023 · World Bank
Secondary school enrolment (gross)
81.6%
2023 · World Bank
Health and healthcare
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Life expectancy at birth
76.5e (Estimated) years
2024 · Eurostat
Infant mortality rate
6.6 per 1,000 live births
2024 · Eurostat
Hospital beds
731 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Practising physicians
381 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
People reporting good or very good health
73.2%
2025 · Eurostat
Health spending share of GDP
6.2%
2024 · Eurostat
Practising nurses
106 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Healthy life years at birth
65.0be (Source flag be) years
2024 · Eurostat
Life expectancy at age 65
17.3e (Estimated) years
2024 · Eurostat
Adults with obesity
10.5%
2019 · Eurostat
Daily smokers
18.9%
2019 · Eurostat
Life expectancy estimates and projections
75.9 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
16.9 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
66.0 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
77
2023 · WHO
Alcohol consumption
12.20 litres
2024 · WHO
Adult obesity
32.4%
2024 · WHO
Hypertension
48.4%
2019 · WHO
Suicide rate
8.2 per 100,000 people
2023 · WHO
Premature NCD mortality
19.4%
2023 · WHO
Physical inactivity
40.4%
2022 · WHO
DTP3 immunisation
66%
2025 · WHO
Anaemia in women
24.3%
2023 · WHO
Poisoning deaths
1.5 per 100,000 people
2023 · WHO
Nurses and midwives
83.3 per 10,000 people
2023 · WHO
Dentists
11.30 per 10,000 people
2023 · WHO
Life expectancy at birth
76.5 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, women
80.3 years
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth, men
72.8 years
2024 · World Bank
Health spending share of GDP
5.7%
2023 · World Bank
Under-five mortality rate
7.3 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Infant mortality rate
6.0 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio
12 per 100,000 live births
2023 · World Bank
Physicians
3.63 per 1,000 people
2022 · World Bank
Hospital beds
7.2 per 1,000 people
2022 · World Bank
Measles immunisation
78%
2024 · World Bank
Tobacco use
29.7%
2024 · World Bank
Out-of-pocket health spending
23.0%
2023 · World Bank
Health spending per person
US$1,051 per person
2023 · World Bank
Diabetes prevalence
7.5%
2024 · World Bank
Neonatal mortality rate
3.6 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Child stunting
12.8%
2002 · World Bank
Tuberculosis incidence
60 per 100,000 people
2024 · World Bank
HIV incidence
0.10 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2024 · World Bank
Internet and digital society
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Households with internet access
95.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Internet use in the last three months
93.2%
2025 · Eurostat
Daily internet use
88.2%
2025 · Eurostat
Basic digital skills
31.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Online shopping
60.3%
2025 · Eurostat
ICT specialists in employment
2.7%e (Estimated)
2025 · Eurostat
Internet users
91.3%
2024 · World Bank
Mobile subscriptions
120 per 100 people
2024 · World Bank
Fixed broadband subscriptions
35.8 per 100 people
2024 · World Bank
Business and industry
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Industrial production
97.3p (Provisional) (2021 = 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Enterprise birth rate
11.6%
2024 · Eurostat
Monthly industrial production
-6.3%p (Provisional)
September 2026 · Eurostat
Industry share of GDP
25.3%
2025 · World Bank
New businesses registered
91,649 companies
2024 · World Bank
Medium and high-tech manufacturing
43.0%
2024 · World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP
11.8%
2025 · World Bank
Trade and investment
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Exports share of GDP
35.2%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Imports share of GDP
40.3%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Current account balance, quarterly
-8.0%
Q2 2026 · Eurostat
Exports share of GDP
35.5%
2025 · World Bank
Imports share of GDP
40.7%
2025 · World Bank
Trade as a share of GDP
76.2%
2025 · World Bank
Foreign direct investment inflows
2.2%
2025 · World Bank
Current account balance
-7.9%
2025 · World Bank
High-technology exports
13.4%
2024 · World Bank
Tourism and accommodation
About this topicTransport and mobility
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Car share of passenger transport
82.1%e (Estimated)
2024 · Eurostat
Car ownership
461e (Estimated) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
7.8e (Estimated) per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Rail passenger transport
5,329 million passenger-km
2025 · Eurostat
Road share of inland freight transport
55.4%
2024 · Eurostat
New zero-emission cars
5.6%
2025 · Eurostat
Road traffic deaths
10.3 per 100,000 people
2019 · World Bank
Air passengers carried
2,806,654 passengers
2023 · World Bank
Energy and electricity
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Renewable energy share
25.6%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Renewable electricity share
49.9%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Energy import dependency
30.4%
2024 · Eurostat
Electricity price for households
€0.2836 per kWh
H1 2026 · Eurostat
Natural gas price for households
€0.0594 per kWh
H1 2026 · Eurostat
Primary energy consumption
29.6 Mtoe
2024 · Eurostat
Access to electricity
100.0%
2024 · World Bank
Clean cooking access
96.0%
2024 · World Bank
Renewable energy share
23.6%
2021 · World Bank
Fossil electricity share
33.2%
2024 · World Bank
Net energy imports
30.4%
2024 · World Bank
Climate and emissions
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Greenhouse gas emissions per person
5.0 t CO2e per person
2024 · Eurostat
Total greenhouse gas emissions
95.6 Mt CO2e
2024 · Eurostat
Temperature change
2.03e (Estimate) °C
2025 · FAOSTAT
Agrifood emissions per person
3.37e (Estimate) t CO2e per person
2024 · FAOSTAT
Total greenhouse gas emissions
101.9 Mt CO2e
2024 · World Bank
Greenhouse gas emissions per person
5.3 t CO2e per person
2024 · World Bank
CO2 emissions per person
3.72 t CO2 per person
2024 · World Bank
Methane emissions
18.2 Mt CO2e
2024 · World Bank
Nitrous oxide emissions
9.79 Mt CO2e
2024 · World Bank
Air quality and ecosystems
About this topicWater, sanitation and waste
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Municipal waste generated per person
305 kg per person
2023 · Eurostat
Recycling rate of municipal waste
12.4%
2023 · Eurostat
Total waste generated per person
8,410 kg per person
2022 · Eurostat
Basic drinking water access
100.0%
2024 · World Bank
Safely managed drinking water
82.2%
2024 · World Bank
Basic sanitation access
90.5%
2024 · World Bank
Level of water stress
7.6%
2022 · World Bank
Renewable internal freshwater per person
2,225 m³ per person
2022 · World Bank
Safely managed sanitation
89.8%
2024 · World Bank
Agriculture, food and fisheries
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Area under organic farming
6.2%
2024 · Eurostat
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.21e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
20.1%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
1.01e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
50.2e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
3.0%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
3,526 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
55.2%
2024 · World Bank
Capture fisheries production
5,758 tonnes
2024 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
2.5%
2024 · World Bank
Food production index
80.9 (2014-16 = 100)
2024 · World Bank
Fertiliser use
85.8 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Land area
230,080 km²
2024 · World Bank
Poverty and social protection
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At-risk-of-poverty rate
18.4%
2025 · Eurostat
Poverty or social exclusion rate
27.4%
2025 · Eurostat
Income inequality (Gini)
27.3 (0 to 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20)
4.37 times
2025 · Eurostat
Severe material and social deprivation
16.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Gini index
29.8 (0 to 100)
2023 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
21.8%
2023 · World Bank
Extreme poverty rate
0.7%
2023 · World Bank
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
18.4%
2024 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
1.3%
2023 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
5.1%
2023 · World Bank
Government finance and taxation
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Government debt
58.9%
2025 · Eurostat
Government deficit or surplus
-7.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Government spending
43.4%
2025 · Eurostat
Tax-to-GDP ratio
29.3%
2025 · Eurostat
Government spending on health
5.2%
2024 · Eurostat
Government spending on education
4.0%
2024 · Eurostat
Government spending on social protection
13.6%
2024 · Eurostat
Government spending on defence
1.6%
2024 · Eurostat
Government debt, quarterly
59.4%p (Provisional)
Q2 2026 · Eurostat
Tax revenue
16.2%
2024 · World Bank
Central government expense
37.3%
2022 · World Bank
Science and innovation
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R&D spending share of GDP
0.52%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Researchers as a share of the labour force
0.26%
2024 · Eurostat
European patent applications
2.2ep (Source flag ep) per million people
2025 · Eurostat
R&D spending share of GDP
0.52%
2023 · World Bank
Researchers per million people
1,082 per million people
2023 · World Bank
Scientific and technical journal articles
10,713 articles
2023 · World Bank
Crime, justice and public safety
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Intentional homicides
0.79 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Crime or vandalism in the area
5.9%
2023 · Eurostat
Robberies recorded by the police
15.1 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Burglaries recorded by the police
131.7 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Thefts recorded by the police
269 per 100,000 people
2024 · Eurostat
Intentional homicides
1.1 per 100,000 people
2023 · World Bank
Culture, society and wellbeing
About this topicRegions of Romania
Regional figures from Eurostat for the 8 NUTS 2 regions of Romania.