Romania posted annual GDP growth of 4.6% in the second quarter, after Hungary (5.2%) and ahead of Poland (4.2%).

Compared with the first quarter, second-quarter GDP growth stood at 1%, after Hungary (1.1%) and ahead of Poland, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece and Lithuania, which reported quarterly growth of 0.8%.

The EU’s economic growth stood at 1.4% compared with the second quarter of 2018 and 0.2% compared with the first quarter of 2019. The euro area posted annual growth of 1.2% and quarterly growth of 0.2%.