Romania — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Romania, 1987–2025.
GDP per capita for Romania was 22,538 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 39 years, from 1987 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 1,102 in 1992 (about 20.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.11% per year.
Romania ranks 71 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 33%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 32,959, so Romania sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 151%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 37 of 57 economies; Bulgaria (20,328) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 45% in 2007. That is 56% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1987 level: doubled by 2004; grown tenfold by 2023. Doubling roughly every 10 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 83rd of 174 in 1987 → 96th of 192 in 1990 → 110th of 204 in 2000 → 88th of 212 in 2010 → 78th of 210 in 2020 → 53rd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1987 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22,537.95 | +12.2% |
| 2024 | 20,080.21 | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 18,244.42 | +17.7% |
| 2022 | 15,503.47 | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 14,908.04 | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 13,009.15 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 12,909.61 | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 12,416.13 | +15.7% |
| 2017 | 10,727.98 | +14.1% |
| 2016 | 9,404.54 | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 8,977.02 | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 10,031.77 | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 9,497.67 | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 8,929.95 | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 9,560.68 | +13.8% |
| 2010 | 8,399.54 | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 8,548.45 | -18.1% |
| 2008 | 10,435.16 | +24.8% |
| 2007 | 8,360.34 | +45.2% |
| 2006 | 5,757.53 | +24.7% |
| 2005 | 4,618 | +32.1% |
| 2004 | 3,494.99 | +30.4% |
| 2003 | 2,679.41 | +26.4% |
| 2002 | 2,119.86 | +16.1% |
| 2001 | 1,825.19 | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 1,659.93 | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 1,599.91 | -13.6% |
| 1998 | 1,852.55 | +17.4% |
| 1997 | 1,577.34 | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 1,633.01 | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 1,650.05 | +24.7% |
| 1994 | 1,323.03 | +14.2% |
| 1993 | 1,158.06 | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 1,102.1 | -12.1% |
| 1991 | 1,254.31 | -23.9% |
| 1990 | 1,648.49 | -7.9% |
| 1989 | 1,789.64 | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 1,753.19 | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 1,658.76 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Romania’s GDP per capita in 1988?
1,753.19 (1988). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Romania’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Romania’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1987 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1258.7% in total — about 7.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 22,537.95; 2024: 20,080.21; 2023: 18,244.42; 2022: 15,503.47; 2021: 14,908.04. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.