Business Forum • 5 December, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Romania's economy grew 0.8% on the gross series and 1.4% on the seasonally adjusted series in the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, while in Q3 2025 GDP decreased 0.2% in real terms compared to the previous quarter, according to provisional data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
The seasonally adjusted GDP estimated for Q3 2025 was €97.2 billion at current prices, down 0.2% in real terms compared to Q2 2025 and up 1.4% compared to Q3 2024. GDP estimated for January-September 2025 was €283.7 billion at current prices, up 1.4% in real terms compared to the same period in 2024.
Construction contributed positively to GDP growth with a 0.5% contribution, representing 6.3% of GDP formation with activity volume increasing 8.5%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing contributed 0.2% with a 3.5% share of GDP formation and 6.8% activity growth. Information and communications added 0.2% with a 7.3% GDP share and 2.9% volume increase.
Professional, scientific and technical activities had a negative contribution of -0.3% with an 8.2% GDP share, as activity volume decreased 3.7%. Industry contributed -0.1% with a 16.8% GDP share and activity volume declining 0.4%.
From the GDP utilisation perspective, household final consumption contributed 0.3% to GDP growth with volume increasing 0.5%, while gross fixed capital formation contributed 1.2% with volume rising 4.6%. Net exports had a negative impact of -0.8% due to slower export growth of 3.7% compared to import growth of 5.1%.