Romania: Net foreign assets (current LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Romania's net foreign assets (current LCU) rose 40.53 billion on 2024 (from 340.71 billion to 381.24 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +11.35 billion and a typical year strayed about 22.95 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 76.97 billion in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 23.74 billion 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 28.34 billion a year. A straight line explains 95% 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 433 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 38.43 billion, against 106.76 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 52nd highest value of the 106 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

• Haiti — 49th of 106: 467.39 billion
• Morocco — 50th of 106: 463.02 billion
• Iceland — 51st of 106: 397.7 billion
• Guyana — 53rd of 106: 347.31 billion
• Guinea-Bissau — 54th of 106: 307.13 billion
• Armenia — 55th of 106: 305.82 billion

What this measures

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. 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 53 values

Net foreign assets (current LCU) in nearby economies

• Albania — 1.12 trillion (2025)
• Armenia — 305.82 billion (2025)
• Austria — 113.77 billion (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 25.43 billion (2025)
• Belarus — 11.41 billion (2021)
• Belgium — 180.33 billion (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 23.03 billion (2025)
• Bulgaria — 46.19 billion (2024)
• Croatia — 21.73 billion (2024)
• Cyprus — 31.88 billion (2024)
• Czechia

More financial sector data for Romania

• Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$4.47 (2025)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 604.19 billion (2025)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 795.42 billion (2025)
• Broad money (annual % growth) — 7.23% (2025)
• Broad money (% of GDP) — 41.51% (2025)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 22.07% (2025)
• Broad money to total reserves ratio — 1.96 (2025)
• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$4.47 (2025)
• Claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money) — 3.12% (2025)
• Consumer price index (2010 = 100)

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Questions people ask

What is Romania's net foreign assets (current LCU)?

381.24 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1973?

It is up 105.81 million% from -360,300 in 1973. The highest value was 381.24 billion in 2025 and the lowest -43.65 billion in 2011.

How does Romania rank?

52nd highest of 106 economies with data for 2025.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.AST.NFRG.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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