Romania
Factsheet with the latest official statistics, prepared on 14 November 2026 from publication 29 of PiSpace Open Data.
Population
19,020,271 people
GDP per capita in US dollars
US$22,538 per person
Life expectancy at birth
76.5 years
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
6.1%
HICP inflation
6.8%
| Measure | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population and ageing | |||
| Population on 1 January | 19,043,151 peoplee (Estimated) people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Population by age and sex | 19,043,151 peoplee (Estimated) people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Crude birth rate | 7.0 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Migration and citizenship | |||
| Immigration | 286,538 immigrants immigrants | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Emigration | 215,191 emigrantse (Estimated) emigrants | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Acquisitions of citizenship | 4,040 people people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Employment and occupations | |||
| 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 |
| Wages and labour costs | |||
| Median equivalised net income | €8,187 per year per year | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Unadjusted gender pay gap | 3.7%e (Estimated) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Hourly labour cost | €13.6 per hour per hour | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Economy and productivity | |||
| GDP per capita in euro | €20,100 per personp (Provisional) per person | 2025 | Eurostat |
| GDP per capita in PPS | 78 (EU = 100)p (Provisional) (EU = 100) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Real GDP growth | 0.8%p (Provisional) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Prices and purchasing power | |||
| HICP price index | 160.06 (2015 = 100) (2015 = 100) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Monthly HICP inflation | 6.5% | September 2026 | Eurostat |
| Consumer price level index | 57 (EU = 100) (EU = 100) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Housing and households | |||
| House price change | 5.7% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Housing cost overburden rate | 5.0% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Overcrowding rate | 40.4% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Education and skills | |||
| 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 |
| Health and healthcare | |||
| Life expectancy at birth | 76.5 yearse (Estimated) years | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Infant mortality rate | 6.6 per 1,000 live births per 1,000 live births | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Hospital beds | 731 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Internet and digital society | |||
| 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 |
| Business and industry | |||
| Industrial production | 97.3 (2021 = 100)p (Provisional) (2021 = 100) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Enterprise birth rate | 11.6% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Monthly industrial production | -6.3%p (Provisional) | September 2026 | Eurostat |
| Trade and investment | |||
| 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 |
| Tourism and accommodation | |||
| Nights spent in tourist accommodation | 29,719,596 nights nights | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Arrivals at tourist accommodation | 13,937,145 arrivals arrivals | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Bed-place occupancy rate in hotels | 34.3% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Transport and mobility | |||
| Car share of passenger transport | 82.1%e (Estimated) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Car ownership | 461 per 1,000 peoplee (Estimated) per 1,000 people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Road traffic deaths | 7.8 per 100,000 peoplee (Estimated) per 100,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Energy and electricity | |||
| 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 |
| Climate and emissions | |||
| Greenhouse gas emissions per person | 5.0 t CO2e per person t CO2e per person | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Total greenhouse gas emissions | 95.6 Mt CO2e Mt CO2e | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Temperature change | 2.03 °Ce (Estimate) °C | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Air quality and ecosystems | |||
| PM2.5 air pollution | 10.4 µg/m³ µg/m³ | 2023 | WHO |
| Forest area | 30.2% | 2024 | World Bank |
| Protected areas | 24.3% | 2025 | World Bank |
| Water, sanitation and waste | |||
| Municipal waste generated per person | 305 kg per person kg per person | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Recycling rate of municipal waste | 12.4% | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Total waste generated per person | 8,410 kg per person kg per person | 2022 | Eurostat |
| Agriculture, food and fisheries | |||
| Area under organic farming | 6.2% | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Cost of a healthy diet | Int$4.21 per person per daye (Estimate) per person per day | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Healthy diet unaffordable | 20.1%e (Estimate) | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Poverty and social protection | |||
| 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) (0 to 100) | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Government finance and taxation | |||
| Government debt | 58.9% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Government deficit or surplus | -7.8% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Government spending | 43.4% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Science and innovation | |||
| 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 | 2.2 per million peopleep (Source flag ep) per million people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Crime, justice and public safety | |||
| Intentional homicides | 0.79 per 100,000 people 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 per 100,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Culture, society and wellbeing | |||
| Cultural employment | 1.8% | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Average life satisfaction | 7.8 out of 10 out of 10 | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Women in national parliament | 22.4% | 2025 | World Bank |
Sources and licences
- Source: Eurostat Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution).
- Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms).
- Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates) Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Source: OECD Data Explorer Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024 Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators Licence: CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata).
- Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Licence: CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms).
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