Romania’s GDP expanded by 1.7% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, slightly above from the second estimate of 1.6% and accelerating from a 0.3% growth in the previous three-month period.
This marked the fastest economic expansion since Q3 2024, driven by growth in gross fixed capital formation (+5.0%), and household consumption (+1.4%).
Net external demand also contributed positively, as exports rose by 5.3%, while imports grew at a softer 3.1%.
In contrast, government spending decreased by 3.9%.
On the production side, the strongest gains were recorded in agriculture, forestry, and fishing (+9.2%), information and communication (+6.1%), and construction (+12.2%).
On a seasonal adjusted quarterly basis, the economy contracted 0.2%, marking the first decline since Q2 2024, reversing the upwardly revised 1.1% in the preceding period.