Romania's manufacturing, value added (current LCU) was 226.6 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 57.37% from 143.99 billion in 2015 (4.64% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 226.6 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 169.3 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 143.99 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 232.14 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | 69.92 million | 1991 |
| Average since 2016 | 191.12 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 69.92 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Romania's manufacturing, value added (current LCU) fell 2.4% on 2024 (from 232.14 billion to 226.6 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +20.6% and a typical year strayed about 24.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 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 194.8% in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.1% in 2012. 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 upward, about 8.23 billion a year. A straight line explains 85% 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.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 251.66 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 19.24 billion, against 35.1 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Romania had the 67th highest value of the 132 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
- Morocco — 64th of 132: 254.63 billion
- Zimbabwe — 65th of 132: 242.78 billion
- United Kingdom — 66th of 132: 233.39 billion
- Ireland — 68th of 132: 216.67 billion
- Spain — 69th of 132: 178.78 billion
- Switzerland — 70th of 132: 164.19 billion
What this measures
Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 35 values
| Year | Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 226,602,000,000 |
| 2024 | 232,144,200,000 |
| 2023 | 220,724,900,000 |
| 2022 | 191,389,400,000 |
| 2021 | 186,328,300,000 |
| 2020 | 169,296,200,000 |
| 2019 | 182,740,800,000 |
| 2018 | 181,745,800,000 |
| 2017 | 168,883,000,000 |
| 2016 | 151,360,600,000 |
Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Albania — 159.96 billion (2025)
- Andorra — 116.77 million (2024)
- Armenia — 1.24 trillion (2025)
- Austria — 78.09 billion (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 7.72 billion (2025)
- Belarus — 58.78 billion (2025)
- Belgium — 71.72 billion (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 6.8 billion (2025)
- Croatia — 9.43 billion (2025)
- Cyprus — 1.6 billion (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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Romania's manufacturing, value added (current LCU)?
- 226.6 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1991?
- It is up 323,988% from 69.92 million in 1991 (26.84% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 232.14 billion in 2024 and the lowest 69.92 million in 1991.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.CN, 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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