Romania’s GDP expanded by 0.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, slightly above the initial estimate of 0.1% but down sharply from 1.7% in the previous quarter, according to second estimates. Even with the modest upward revision, this was still the weakest growth rate since the first quarter of 2021, weighed down by declines in government spending (-2.5%) and household consumption (-0.6%).
By contrast, gross fixed capital formation rose strongly (+7.9%), and net external demand supported growth as exports increased by 2.1% while imports grew at the slower pace of 0.7%.
On the production side, output fell in professional, scientific and technical activities (-4.9%) and in financial intermediation and insurance (-1.8%). These declines were partially offset by expansions in information and communication (+7.7%), construction (+5.3%), real estate activities (+2.2%), and agriculture, forestry and fishing (+0.5%).
On a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis, the economy contracted by 1.9%, deepening from a revised 0.1% decline in the previous quarter.
