Central government expense in Romania

Central government expense in Romania was equal to 37.3% of GDP in 2022.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1981 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Romania, 2022 37.3% % of GDP
Change from 2021 +0.1percentage points 2021: 37.2%
European Union, 2022 39.3% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2022 37.8% Middle value of 27 countries

Central government expense in Romania over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2022
Period RomaniaEuropean Union
2022 37.3% 39.3%
2021 37.2% 41.1%
2020 38.2% 42.2%
2019 33.8% 36.4%
2018 32.7% 36.6%
2017 31.6% 37.0%
2016 32.2% 37.4%
2015 33.0% 37.8%
2014 32.4% 38.6%
2013 32.0% 39.1%
2012 32.3% 39.1%
2011 33.7% 38.1%
2010 34.8% 39.6%
2009 35.0% 39.4%
2008 32.0% 36.2%
2007 32.8% 35.4%
2006 31.5% 35.9%
2005 31.0% 36.5%
2004 31.2% 36.7%
2003 31.5% 38.2%
2002 31.8% 37.9%
2001 33.2% 37.7%
2000 34.4% 37.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 37.2% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 32.3%, the figure has changed by +5.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2022 was 39.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1981 to 2022 for Romania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics