Market Update Romania 2026

Romania has benefitted from strong economic growth over the last two decades, steadily narrowing the gap to the European Union average, especially after joining NATO and the EU in 2004 and 2007 respectively. Between 2007 and 2025, the economy grew at an average annual rate of 2.7%, the second-fastest pace in the region after Poland (3.5%), ahead of Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czechia and Hungary, and more than double the EU average (1.2%).