Romania’s GDP rose 0.3% on the year in the second quarter in seasonally adjusted data, while both the EU and the euro-zone posted growths of 1.7%.
Estonia (+8.4%), Lithuania (+5.9%) and Latvia (+5.7%) posted the highest increases, while Portugal was the only country with a negative rate (-0.9%).
Compared with the first quarter, Romania’s GDP rose 0.2%, similar to the growths registered by both the whole EU and the euro area.