ROMANIA

Capital Bucharest
Area (km2) 238 391
Total population (thousands, 2023) 19 061
Population density (per km2) 80
National currency Romanian new leu (RON)
National statistical office www.insse.ro
National Institute of Statistics
Women in the labour force, 2024
   percentage of total for both sexes 43%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 2%
   hourly wage, 2023 4%
Women in part-time employment, 2024
   percentage of employed women 3%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 55%
Female victims of homicide, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 28%
Women researchers, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 46%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 80.4
   males, years 72.6
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 19.1
   males, years 15.0
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.5
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 27.2
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 27.1
 
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-2.1
0.8
0.7
-1.2
1.6
-3.5
Unemployment rate
 (%)
6.1
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.4
6.1
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
17.3
21.0
22.8
21.8
23.9
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2024 928 415
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 48 711
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2025 35.4
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2025 40.8
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 39 462
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   RON per USD, US=1, 2024 1.895
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 30
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 97

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 10 611
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2024 1 137
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 1 911
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2023 81
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2024 5 942
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 11 432
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2021 18 024
      million tonne-kilometres, 2024 67 356