Data Explorer - Romanian Economic Monitor

Trade data

Romania’s export, import, and trade balance, 2001-2024 (billions USD)
📊 Source: UN (United Nations) Comtrade Database

Romania's trade balance (billion USD)

Romania’s export of goods and services, 2001-2024 (billion USD)
📊 Source: UN (United Nations) Comtrade Database

Romania's export (billion USD)

Romania’s import of goods and services, 2001-2024 (billion USD)
📊 Source: UN (United Nations) Comtrade Database

Romania's import (billion USD)

Romania’s export by partner countries, 2020-2023 (%, billion USD)
📊 Source: OEC (Observatory of Economic Complexity)

Romania's export partner countries (%)

Romania’s import by partner countries, 2020-2023 (%, billion USD)
📊 Source: OEC (Observatory of Economic Complexity)

Romania's import partner countries (%)

Romania’s export by product categories, 2020-2024 (%, billion USD)
📊 Source: UN (United Nations) Comtrade Database

Romania's export by product categories (%)

Romania’s import by product categories, 2020-2024 (%, billion USD)
📊 Source: UN (United Nations) Comtrade Database

Romania's import by product categories (%)

Labor market

Evolution of the number of employees in Romania, 2008-2023 (headcount).
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Evolution of the labor market in Romania (millions of employees)

Number of employees by counties and by sectors of activity in Romania, 2008–2023 (persons and %).
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Regional distribution of employees by sectors of activity (persons and %)

Unemployment rate by counties in Romania, 2008-2022 (%).
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Evolution of unemployment rate (%)

Activity rate by counties in Romania, 2012-2023 (%).
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Evolution of activity rate (%)

Distribution of unemployment rates by gender in the counties of Romania, 2008–2022 (%).
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Regional distribution of unemployment rates by gender (%)

Distribution of activity rates by gender in the counties of Romania, 2012–2023 (%).
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Regional distribution of activity rates by gender (%)

GDP data

Various annual GDP indicators (1995=100).
📊 Source: Eurostat

Annual GDP data

Evolution of the quarter-on-quarter GDP Growth rate from 1997, base year: 2021 (%)
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Evolution of the YoY GDP Growth rate - consumption approach (%)

Evolution of the year-on-year GDP Growth rate from 1997, base year: 2021 (%)
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Evolution of the YoY GDP Growth rate - production approach (%)

Evolution of the year-on-year GDP Growth rate from 1997, base year: 2021 (%)
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Evolution of the QoQ GDP Growth rate - consumption approach (%)

Evolution of the quarter-on-quarter GDP Growth rate from 1997, base year: 2021 (%)
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Evolution of the QoQ GDP Growth rate - production approach (%)

Sentiment indicators

Evolution of various sentiment and confidence indicators 1991
Data source: Eurostat

Evolution of varoius sentiment indicators

Economic activity indicators

Turnover volume indices in wholesale, seasonally adjusted series – base year 2021
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Turnover volume indices in wholesale - seasonally adjusted series

Turnover volume indices in retail trade, working day and seasonally adjusted series – base year 2015
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Turnover volume indices in retail - seasonally adjusted series

Turnover production indices in market services rendered to enterprises, unadjusted series – base year 2021
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Turnover production indices in market services to enterprises - seasonally adjusted series

Turnover volume indices in market services rendered to the population, seasonally adjusted series – base year 2021
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Turnover volume indices in market services to the population - seasonally adjusted series

Turnover volume indices in wholesale and retail, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, working day and seasonally adjusted series – base year 2021
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Turnover volume indices of motor vehicles - seasonally adjusted series

Monthly industrial production indices by industrial activities CANE Rev.2 – seasonally adjusted series – base year 2021
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Industrial production indices - seasonally adjusted series

Indices of construction works, seasonally adjusted series – base year 2021
Data source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

Indices of construction works - seasonally adjusted series

Foreign direct investments

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Evolution of FDI stock in Romania (billion EUR)

Breakdown of the FDI stock by county for enterprises with at least 20 employees and atypical enterprises, 2013-2023. (million euro)

Regional breakdown of FDI stock (million EUR)

Distribution of the FDI stock by the immediate investor’s country of origin, 2013-2023 (billion euros)

Distribution of FDI stock by country of origin (immediate investor)

Distribution of the FDI stock by the country of origin of the final investor, 2019-2023 (billion euros)

Distribution of FDI stock by country of origin (ultimate investor)

Breakdown of the total FDI stock by main economic activities, 2013-2023 (EUR billion)

Breakdown of total FDI stock by main industrial activities

Breakdown of FDI stock by main economic activities in manufacturing, 2013-2023 (EUR billion)

Breakdown of manufacturing FDI stock by main activities

Real estate market

Real estate prices in the largest cities of Romania, 2012-2025 (€/m²).
📊 Source: Romanial National Housing Registry

Real estate prices in the largest cities of Romania (€/m²)

Average real estate prices over time in the largest Romanian cities, 2012-2025 (€/m²).
📊 Source: Imobiliare.ro

Changes in real estate prices over time in Romanian cities (€/m²)

The number of real estate transactions on both country and county level, 2019-2024.
📊 Romanial National Housing Registry

Number of transactions by county

Financial markets

The current value of the Bucharest Stock Exchange main index, tracking the performance of the top companies listed on the exchange (last 30 data points).
📊 Source: Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE)

BET Index

The current value of a major European stock index covering 600 large, mid, and small-cap companies across 17 countries (last 30 data points).
📊 Source: Investing.com

STOXX 600 Index

The current value of a leading U.S. equity index that tracks the performance of 500 large-cap companies listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ (last 30 data points).
📊 Source: Investing.com

S&P 500 Index

The current value of China’s main stock market index, including all A and B shares listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (last 30 data points).
📊 Source: Investing.com

SSEC Index

The current spot price of gold in US dollars per troy ounce (last 30 data points).
📊 Source: FMP

Gold Price Index

The current market price of Bitcoin (last 30 data points).
📊 Source: FMP

Bitcoin Price

Current prices of the two most important crude oil benchmarks: Brent (North Sea) and WTI (USA) (last 30 data points).
📊 Sources:
FMP – Brent
FMP – WTI

Brent and WTI oil barrel prices

The current benchmark price of European natural gas traded at the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) hub (last 30 data points).
📊 Source: ICE Endex

TTF Gas Price Index

The quarterly value of the Reference Index for Consumer Credit (IRCC) used for calculating interest rates on loans (last 30 data points).
📊 Source: National Bank of Romania (NBR)

IRCC

The current value of one Euro in Romanian Leu (last 30 data points).
📊 Source: National Bank of Romania (NBR)

EUR-RON exchange rate