Romania’s GDP to advance by only 1.5% in 2025, with uncertainties stemming from domestic and regional economic and political risks

Balazs Barabas

Romania’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to register modest growth of 1.5% in 2025, compared to 0.9% in 2024, but still well below the economy’s potential, which would be closer to an annual growth rate of 3-4% in the long run, according to analysts from the Romanian Economic Monitor (RoEM), a research project of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FSEGA) of the Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB) in Cluj-Napoca. However, growth could be jeopardized by several internal