Romania is followed by France, which had a current account deficit of EUR4.8 billion, Poland (-EUR4.2 billion) and Belgium (-EUR3.8 billion).
Romania’s services accounts balance saw a surplus of EUR2.9 billion in the third quarter of 2025, similar to previous-year level.
In the third quarter of 2025, the EU seasonally adjusted current account of the balance of payments recorded a surplus of EUR57.3 billion (+1.2% of GDP), compared with a surplus of EUR80.5 billion (+1.7% of GDP) in the second quarter of 2025 and a surplus of EUR96.1 billion (+2.1% of GDP) in the third quarter of 2024, according to Eurostat estimates.
In the third quarter of 2025, based on non-seasonally adjusted data, the EU recorded current account surpluses with the United Kingdom (+EUR75.7 billion), Canada (+EUR12 billion), offshore financial centers (+EUR11.5 billion), the USA (+EUR9.2 billion), Brazil (+EUR8.4 billion), Hong Kong (+EUR7.4 billion), Switzerland (+EUR4.6 billion), Japan (+EUR4.3 billion) and Russia (+EUR4.2 billion). Deficits were registered with China (-EUR58.3 billion) and India (-EUR0.3 billion).
As regards the total (intra-EU plus extra-EU) current account balances of the EU Member States, based on available non-seasonally adjusted data, sixteen Member States recorded surpluses and eleven recorded deficits in the third quarter of 2025. The highest surpluses were observed in Germany (+EUR41 billion), the Netherlands (+EUR19.7 billion), Spain (+EUR15.4 billion), Denmark (+EUR14.8 billion), Italy (+EUR14.4 billion), Ireland (+EUR13.9 billion) and Sweden (+EUR8.4 billion).
In terms of services accounts balance, Spain saw the highest surplus, of EUR34 billion, and Germany saw the highest deficit, of EUR26 billion.