The figure is in line with the latest official forecasts advanced earlier this year, but is well below the 2.2% growth seen in 2011.
The fourth-quarter gross domestic product expanded 0.2% in seasonally adjusted data compared with a quarter earlier, a flash estimate of the country’s statistics institute INS showed Thursday.
Compared with the fourth quarter of 2011, Romania’s GDP increased by 0.1% in the last three months of 2012. In unadjusted data, the annual growth was 0.3%.
The statistics institute is due to release a detailed report on the fourth-quarter GDP on March 6.
Romania expects the economy will advance by 1.6% in 2013, helped by consumer spending and investment growth.