Romania
Inflation in Romania
Inflation in Romania: 1.5% a year in 1980 and 7.3% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 7.3% a year
- Since 1980
- +5.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 31 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 2.3% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2.3% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 256.1% a year in 1993, the lowest -1.6% a year in 2016.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Romania |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.3 |
| 2024 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 10.4 |
| 2022 | 13.8 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2.6 |
| 2019 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 4.6 |
| 2017 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | -1.6 |
| 2015 | -0.6 |
| 2014 | 1.1 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3.3 |
| 2011 | 5.8 |
| 2010 | 6.1 |
| 2009 | 5.6 |
| 2008 | 7.8 |
| 2007 | 4.8 |
| 2006 | 6.6 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2004 | 11.9 |
| 2003 | 15.4 |
| 2002 | 22.5 |
| 2001 | 34.5 |
| 2000 | 45.7 |
| 1999 | 45.8 |
| 1998 | 59.1 |
| 1997 | 154.8 |
| 1996 | 38.8 |
| 1995 | 32.3 |
| 1994 | 136.7 |
| 1993 | 256.1 |
| 1992 | 210.4 |
| 1991 | 161.1 |
| 1990 | 127.9 |
| 1989 | 0.9 |
| 1988 | 2.6 |
| 1987 | 1.1 |
| 1986 | 0.7 |
| 1985 | -0.2 |
| 1984 | -0.3 |
| 1983 | 4.7 |
| 1982 | 16.9 |
| 1981 | 2.2 |
| 1980 | 1.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Romania |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 8.2 |
| 2027 | 4.1 |
| 2028 | 4.3 |
| 2029 | 2.9 |
| 2030 | 2.6 |
| 2031 | 2.3 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 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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