Module · Romania in numbers
Romania in numbers
The most telling statistics about Romania, each placed in the ranking of the 27 EU member states: economy, public finances, labour, demography, health, education, digital, environment. The data comes from Eurostat and the World Bank and refreshes itself weekly; the summary is written from the numbers, not the other way round.
In brief
Romania sits near the bottom of the EU-27 on most indicators: of 36 ranked indicators, 24 are in the bottom third and only 3 in the top third. The weakest position is the government deficit of -7.9% of GDP (27th of 27), but the country also ranks last on the NEET rate at 19.2%, infant mortality at 6.6 per 1,000, housing overcrowding at 40.4%, and road traffic deaths at 7.8 per 100,000. Movements are mixed: inflation fell from 8.6% to 6.5% but remains the highest in the EU, and basic digital skills rose by 4.1 points to 31.8%. On the other hand, government debt rose by 4.5 points to 59.3% of GDP, while R&D spending (0.46% of GDP) and education spending remain behind other member states. The strongest position is life satisfaction at 7.8 on a 0–10 scale, ranked 1st of 27.
Conclusions
- 01A government deficit of -7.9% of GDP, the weakest in the EU, combined with interest absorbing 7.9% of government revenue, limits budgetary room for manoeuvre.
- 02With R&D spending at 0.46% of GDP and 23.0% tertiary attainment, both last in the EU, Romania's productivity growth remains constrained.
- 03A NEET rate of 19.2% and early school leaving of 15.5% signal high risk of young people being excluded from the labour market, where the employment rate is 69.0%.
- 04GDP per capita at 78 (EU-27 = 100) and median disposable income of 12,861 PPS place Romania among the poorest members, with 27.4% of the population at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
Text generated automatically from the table below, every figure checked against the data. Ranking as of 2026-10-19.
In brief, in numbers
The indicators that say the most. Tap any of them for the full ranking and the history.
All indicators, by domain
Rank 1 is the best placed. Where lower is better (inflation, unemployment, debt) the ranking is inverted automatically.
Economy7 indicators
Public finance3 indicators
Public and private debt9 indicators
Public sector workforce13 indicators
- Other (housing, environment, culture, recreation)4.5%5.8%
Total wage bill in 2024: 11.2% of GDP in Romania, 11.1% EU average. Each function's share of total compensation of government employees (COFOG). The parts are spending, not headcount.