Romania: Households final consumption expenditure per capita (annual % growth)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 3.77 percentage points from -3.09% in 2020. Since 1991 it is up 11.7 percentage points from -11.02% in 1991.

What the numbers say

In 2025, Romania's households final consumption expenditure per capita (annual % growth) fell 5.08 percentage points on 2024 (from 5.76% to 0.68%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below 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 10.87 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.1 percentage points in 2009. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 24% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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 101st highest value of the 129 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.

Closest to Romania in the 2025 ranking

• Gambia, The — 98th of 129: 0.82%
• Luxembourg — 99th of 129: 0.77%
• United Kingdom — 100th of 129: 0.71%
• Pakistan — 102nd of 129: 0.58%
• Switzerland — 103rd of 129: 0.57%
• Madagascar — 104th of 129: 0.53%

What this measures

This field includes expenditure on goods and services by the Household and NPISH sector for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 35 values

Households final consumption expenditure per capita (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Albania — 3.97% (2025)
• Armenia — 8.79% (2025)
• Austria — 0.12% (2025)
• Belarus — 6.47% (2025)
• Belgium — 1% (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 3.1% (2025)
• Bulgaria — 67.55% (2025)
• Croatia — 2.27% (2025)
• Cyprus — 1.9% (2025)
• Czechia — 3.13% (2025)
• Denmark — 1.74% (2025)
• Estonia — 0.3% (2025)
• Finland — -0.71% (2025)
• France — 0.12% (2025)
• Georgia — 5.22% (2025)

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$33.88 billion (2025)
• Net financial account (BoP, current US$) — −US$25.31 billion (2025)
• Net trade in goods and services (current US$, BoP) — −US$22.55 billion (2025)
• Reserves and related items (current US$, BoP) — US$5.48 billion (2025)
• Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) — 49.23% (2025)
• Exports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$152.43 billion (2025)
• Insurance and financial services (% of service exports, BoP) — 1.71% (2025)

Every indicator for Romania is on the Romania data page.

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Questions people ask

What is Romania's households final consumption expenditure per capita (annual % growth)?

0.68% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1991?

It is up 11.7 percentage points from -11.02% in 1991. The highest value was 16.5% in 2004 and the lowest -11.02% in 1991.

How does Romania rank?

101st highest of 129 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in households final consumption expenditure per capita (annual % growth) unusual for Romania?

In 2025, Romania's households final consumption expenditure per capita (annual % growth) fell 5.08 percentage points on 2024 (from 5.76% to 0.68%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.PRVT.PC.KD.ZG, 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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