Romania
Government debt in Romania
Government debt in Romania: 29.6% of GDP in 2000 and 60.5% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 60.5% of GDP
- Since 2000
- +30.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 54 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 71.3% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 71.3% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 60.5% of GDP in 2025, the lowest 12.4% of GDP in 2007.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Romania |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.5 |
| 2024 | 57.5 |
| 2023 | 52.6 |
| 2022 | 51.9 |
| 2021 | 51.8 |
| 2020 | 49.5 |
| 2019 | 36.8 |
| 2018 | 36.4 |
| 2017 | 37.1 |
| 2016 | 39.6 |
| 2015 | 39.4 |
| 2014 | 40.5 |
| 2013 | 39.3 |
| 2012 | 36.2 |
| 2011 | 32.6 |
| 2010 | 30.2 |
| 2009 | 22.5 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2007 | 12.4 |
| 2006 | 12.7 |
| 2005 | 17.8 |
| 2004 | 21.3 |
| 2003 | 24.9 |
| 2002 | 27.4 |
| 2001 | 27.4 |
| 2000 | 29.6 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Romania |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 62.6 |
| 2027 | 64.9 |
| 2028 | 66.1 |
| 2029 | 68.1 |
| 2030 | 69.8 |
| 2031 | 71.3 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$8.81B in 2025
- Military spending per person$513 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel128,000 people in 2020
- National power0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.52% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports421 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports132 million TIV in 2025
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