Last month’s data indicated an annual increase of 0.3% in real terms.
Industry made a negative contribution of 0.3% to the 2012 economic growth, compared with a 0.6% impact estimated earlier, the statistics institute said in a third estimate.
The retail sector increased 0.2% year-on-year, versus no growth initially predicted.
Fourth-quarter gross domestic product expanded 0.4% in seasonally adjusted data compared with a quarter earlier. The data was revised up from a growth of 0.1% previously reported.
Compared with the fourth quarter of 2011, Romania’s GDP increased by 0.7% in the last three months of 2012, up from a meager 0.1% growth indicated last month. In unadjusted data, the annual growth was 1.1%, significantly better than an earlier estimate of 0.3%.
The revised 2012 figures reflected additional data on the fourth economic growth, including a substantially larger contribution of the public administration and defense sector, INS said.
Additionally, the GDP indices were recalculated to accommodate a change in the reference year to 2010 from 2005 previously.
Romania expects the economy will advance by 1.6% in 2013, helped by consumer spending and investment growth.