📊 Romania Countries Intelligence

Romania's economy is estimated to have grown +0.7% in 2026, with inflation at 7.8% and unemployment at 6.0%. Government debt stands at 61.9% of GDP, and the budget balance is -6.2% of GDP.

Economic Indicators

GDP (nominal)
$480.8bn
2026 est.
GDP Growth
+0.7%
2026 est.
Inflation Rate
7.8%
2026 est.
Interest Rate
6.5%
2026 est.
Jobless Rate
6.0%
2026 est.
Gov. Budget Balance
-6.2%
2026 est.
Debt / GDP
61.9%
2026 est.
Current Account
-6.8%
2026 est.
Population
18.7M
2026 est.
Main Economic Activity
Services 61.7%
2025, % of GDP
Agriculture
3.0%
Manufacturing
11.8%
Services
61.7%
Natural resource rents
1.1%
Source: World Bank Open Data (value added / resource rents, % of GDP). Agriculture, Manufacturing and Services are named sub-categories; Natural resource rents (gold bar) is a separate accounting concept that overlaps with the others rather than adding to 100% of GDP.

Sovereign Credit Ratings

S&P
BBB−
Fitch
BBB−
Moody's
Baa3

Source: Wikipedia — List of countries by credit rating. NR = not rated by that agency.

⚡ 6 Effects Interpreter — Synthesis

🌍World Economy

  • ▶Romania's growth trend feeds modestly into regional trade flows.
  • ▶A wide current-account deficit leaves Romania reliant on foreign investment to fund imports.

🏙️Local Economy

  • ▶The local jobs market sits close to its long-run average.
  • ▶High inflation is squeezing the weekly shop and everyday bills.

🏦Rates & Banks

  • ▶The benchmark lending rate sits near 6.5%, shaping the cost of mortgages and business loans.
  • ▶Public debt levels leave a moderate amount of policy room.

❤️Health

  • ▶No unusual macro-driven health strain is implied by the current data.
  • ▶Public-health funding is shaped by the government budget balance shown above.

💷Wealth

  • ▶High inflation is eroding the real value of savings and pensions.
  • ▶A large budget deficit raises the medium-term risk of future tax rises.

🏠Housing

  • ▶Mortgage costs track the benchmark interest rate shown above.
  • ▶Housing demand broadly tracks the pace of overall economic growth.

Synthesis generated by the News Effects 6 Effects Interpreter's rule-based engine from the real indicators above. Indicators: IMF DataMapper & World Bank Open Data.