In seasonally adjusted data, the country’s GDP grew 14.4% in the second quarter of 2021 compared with the same period in 2020.
In the first half 2021 compared with the same period of 2020, Romania’s GDP increased by 6.6% in real terms, in seasonally adjusted data.
In seasonally adjusted data, the country’s GDP estimated for the second quarter of 2021 increased by 1.9% in real terms compared with the first quarter of 2021 and by 14.4% against the second quarter of 2020.
As compared to the provisional (1) estimates, in the second quarter of 2021, the GDP growth rate increased by 0.9 percentage points, (from 113.0% to 113.9%), the same increase as for the growth rate of the gross value added (from 112.0% to 112.9%); the net taxes on products growth rate increased by 1.4 percentage points.
The volume of the gross value added by industries recorded more significant changes in Construction (+6.6 percentage points); Shows, culture and recreation activities; Repair of household goods and other services (+5.5 percentage points).
From GDP uses standpoint, significant changes in the contribution to the growth rate of GDP between the two estimates were recorded for Final consumption expenditure of households, from +6.2% to 7.3% and Net export of goods and services, from -1.9% to -2.1%.