Romania's gross savings (% of GDP) was 18.05% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 6.79 percentage points from 24.84% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 18.05% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 19.25% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 24.84% | 2015 |
| Highest | 24.92% | 1991 |
| Lowest | 11.19% | 1998 |
| Average since 2016 | 19.06% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 20.71% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Romania's gross savings (% of GDP) rose 1.21 percentage points on 2024 (from 16.84% to 18.05%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.18 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.49 percentage points in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.63 percentage points in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.37 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 61% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Romania had the 72nd highest value of the 100 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 18.05% | 2025 |
| World | 26.05% | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 24.56% | 2025 |
| High income | 23.16% | 2024 |
Closest to Romania in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Savings is an amount that represents the part of disposable income (adjusted for the change in pension entitlements) that is not spent on final consumption. Gross savings are calculated as gross national income less total consumption, plus net transfers. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 36 values
| Year | Gross savings (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 18.05 |
| 2024 | 16.84 |
| 2023 | 19.37 |
| 2022 | 17.62 |
| 2021 | 19.19 |
| 2020 | 19.25 |
| 2019 | 19.52 |
| 2018 | 18.4 |
| 2017 | 20.81 |
| 2016 | 21.58 |
| 2015 |
Gross savings (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Romania
- Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 49.14% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$174.97 billion (2025)
- Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) — 4.31% (2025)
- Goods imports (current US$, BoP) — US$139.06 billion (2025)
- Service imports (current US$, BoP) — US$35.91 billion (2025)
- Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) — 15.65% (2025)
- Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) — 30.2% (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) — US$803.14 million (2025)
- Current account balance (current US$, BoP) — −US$33.88 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Romania's gross savings (% of GDP)?
- 18.05% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 2.66 percentage points from 20.71% in 1990. The highest value was 24.92% in 1991 and the lowest 11.19% in 1998.
- How does Romania rank?
- 72nd highest of 100 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross savings (% of GDP) unusual for Romania?
- In 2025, Romania's gross savings (% of GDP) rose 1.21 percentage points on 2024 (from 16.84% to 18.05%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.18 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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