In January-September 2025, Romania’s economy edged 0.8% higher in unadjusted data and grew by 1.4% in seasonally adjusted data compared to the same period of 2024.
“The seasonally adjusted series of quarterly Gross Domestic Product was readjusted due to the revision of the estimates for Q3 2025 not registered differences as compared to the version published in the Press release no. 290 of November 14, 2025,” INS said in its statement.
In terms of value, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) estimated for Q3/2025 amounted to RON514.5 billion, increasing – in real terms – by 1.6% versus Q3/2024.
The GDP estimated for the first nine months of 2025 amounted to RON1.336 billion, increasing – in real terms – by 0.8% against the same period of 2024.
In terms of resources, the following industries had positive contributions to GDP growth in January-September 2025:
♦ Construction (+0.5%), with a share in GDP of 6.3%, whose activity volume increased by 8.5%;
♦ Agriculture, forestry and fishing (+0.2%), with a share in GDP of 3.5%, whose activity volume increased by 6.8%;
♦ Information and communication (+0.2%), with a share in GDP 7.3%, whose activity volume increased by 2.9%.
A significant positive contribution to GDP growth came from net taxes on product (+0.3%), which saw a 2.9% volume increase.
The following industries had a negative contribution to GDP growth:
♦ Professional, scientific and technical activities; activities of administrative services and support services (-0.3%), with a share of 8.2% in GDP, whose activity volume decreased by 3.7%;
♦ Industry (-0.1%) with a share in GDP of 16.8%, but whose activity volume decreased by 0.4%.
The following economic activities had no contribution to GDP growth:
♦ Wholesale and retail; motor-vehicles and motorcycles repair; transport and storage; hotels and restaurants, with a share of 20.6% in GDP, whose activity volume increased by 0.1%;
♦ Financial intermediation and insurance with a share of 3.5% in GDP, whose activity volume decreased by 0.6%;
♦ Real estate activities, with a share of 7.2% in GDP, whose volume of activity remained unchanged;
♦ Public administration and defence; social insurance of public sector; education; health and social assistance with a share of 13.1% in GDP, whose activity volume decreased by 0.1%.
♦ Shows, culture and recreation activities; repair of households goods and other services, with a share of 3.4% in GDP, whose activity volume increased by 0.8%.
From GDP uses standpoint, the GDP growth in January-September 2025 versus January-September 2024 was mainly due to:
♦ Household final consumption expenditure, whose volume increased by 0.5%, contributing +0.3% to GDP growth;
♦ Individual final consumption expenditure of general government whose volume decreased by 1.0%, contributing -0.1% to GDP growth;
♦ Collective final consumption expenditure of general government whose volume decreased by 0.9%, contributing -0.1% to GDP growth;
♦ Gross fixed capital formation, whose volume increased by 4.6%, contributing +1.2% to GDP growth.
A negative impact on GDP growth was recorded by net exports (-0.8%) due to slower growth in the volume of exports of goods and services by 3.7%, coupled with a higher increase in the volume of imports of goods and services (+5.1%).