Romania — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Romania, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
7.19%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -96.9% since 1991
Inflation for Romania was 7.19% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 255.17% in 1993. The lowest was -1.54% in 2016 (about -4.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -9.70% per year.
Romania ranks 36 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 19%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.79%, so Romania sits above it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 97% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1310%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
7.19%
First (1991)
230.62%
Change
-96.9%
Highest
255.17%
in 1993
Lowest
-1.54%
in 2016
Average
40.03%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-9.70%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.19% |
| 2024 | 5.72% |
| 2023 | 10.4% |
| 2022 | 13.8% |
| 2021 | 5.05% |
| 2020 | 2.63% |
| 2019 | 3.83% |
| 2018 | 4.63% |
| 2017 | 1.34% |
| 2016 | -1.54% |
| 2015 | -0.59% |
| 2014 | 1.07% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). 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.