GDP per capita in US dollars in Romania

GDP per person in Romania was US$22,538 in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1987.

Measure: GDP per capita in US dollars Unit: Current US dollars per person Data: 1987 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Romania, 2025 US$22,538 Current US dollars per person
Change from 2024 +12.2% 2024: US$20,080 per person
European Union, 2025 US$47,089 per person Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 US$38,627 per person Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 53rd of 186 See the full ranking

GDP per capita in US dollars in Romania over time

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Current US dollars per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

GDP per capita in US dollars (current US dollars per person), 2001 to 2025
Period RomaniaEuropean Union
2025 US$22,538 per person US$47,089 per person
2024 US$20,080 per person US$43,314 per person
2023 US$18,244 per person US$41,567 per person
2022 US$15,503 per person US$38,067 per person
2021 US$14,908 per person US$39,207 per person
2020 US$13,009 per person US$34,695 per person
2019 US$12,910 per person US$35,374 per person
2018 US$12,416 per person US$36,077 per person
2017 US$10,728 per person US$33,395 per person
2016 US$9,405 per person US$31,457 per person
2015 US$8,977 per person US$30,772 per person
2014 US$10,032 per person US$35,590 per person
2013 US$9,498 per person US$34,805 per person
2012 US$8,930 per person US$33,325 per person
2011 US$9,561 per person US$35,963 per person
2010 US$8,400 per person US$33,120 per person
2009 US$8,548 per person US$33,632 per person
2008 US$10,435 per person US$37,160 per person
2007 US$8,360 per person US$33,683 per person
2006 US$5,758 per person US$29,169 per person
2005 US$4,618 per person US$27,400 per person
2004 US$3,495 per person US$26,336 per person
2003 US$2,679 per person US$22,991 per person
2002 US$2,120 per person US$18,774 per person
2001 US$1,825 per person US$17,209 per person

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +12.2% from US$20,080 per person in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was US$8,977 per person, the figure has changed by +151.1%.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Romania has the 53rd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was US$47,089 per person.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1987 to 2025 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices