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General profile: Romania

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2024
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
19.015 Millions
4.598 RON/US$
384 610 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 230 080 km²
..
1.00 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-0.3 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2024
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchandise exports
27 688
49 579
60 595
100 310
Merchandise imports
40 518
62 109
69 824
136 419
Merchandise trade balance
-12 831
-12 530
-9 229
-36 109
Export structure by product group in 2024
(as % of total exports)
4 %4 %80 %80 %5 %5 %12 %12 %
Top 5 partners in 2024
(exports, millions of US$)
20 6199 5746 3425 3254 44720 6199 5746 3425 3254 447
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Services exports
9 668
10 383
19 058
42 932
Services imports
5 498
8 671
11 493
30 651
Services trade balance
4 170
1 712
7 565
12 281
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Transport
17.1
24.8
31.4
23.6
Travel
10.9
11.0
9.7
13.4
Other services
24.3
48.8
41.8
54.2
TRADE INDICES
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106107106999410410610610410097938589817075706193939393959494969910099101103103103103102104111
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+1.0 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2024
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
GDP, current
98 454
170 064
177 885
384 610
GDP per capita, current US$
4 641
8 323
8 952
20 227
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
4.67
-3.91
3.16
1.00
Current account balance, % of GDP
-8.67
-4.99
-0.64
-8.32
Exchange rate (/US$)
2.914
3.178
4.006
4.598
GDP by expenditure in 2023
(as % of total GDP)
61.917.125.839.243.961.917.125.839.243.9
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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0 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2024
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
FDI inflows
6 152.30
2 997.17
3 840.47
6 201.28
FDI outflows
-39.80
-50.06
562.43
39.16
Personal remittances, % of GDP
..
..
3.03
2.48
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
9 523.69 965.08 781.39 115.87 625.78 142.06 984.06 555.75 929.85 391.45 083.56 2017 29611 14910 6063 4325 7916 2195 4195 0003 8403 2163 6023 1992 3632 9974 66513 4929 73310 8586 1526 4362 1961 1411 1581 057FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Balance, % of GDP
-10.23
-6.68
-0.81
-6.07
Balance, % of imports
-29.46
-17.44
-1.93
-14.62
Normalized balance
-0.173
-0.096
-0.010
-0.079
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
7783948678848687868483817776705966646259
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2024
(% of population)
Urban 55%Urban 55%Rural 45%Rural 45%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.003 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2024
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
481
244
78
79
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
556 694
689 012
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
2.12
8.37
3.66
3.08
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
6.70
9.23
7.11
6.81
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
1.52
2.10
..
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 02 December 2025