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Trade balance — Romania

Trade balance in Romania in 2025 — -22,489,139,917 US$. Ranked 129 in the world out of 138. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 522%.

2025 -22.49B US$ +2.17% vs 2024
World rank 129of 138
Period maximum -621M US$1994
Period minimum -27.57B US$2008

Trend over time

1990–2025 · US$

Trade balance — Romania, 1990–2025-30B-20B-10B019901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: -3,615,693,268 US$1991: -1,134,965,310 US$1992: -2,112,083,333 US$1993: -1,310,440,103 US$1994: -620,812,161 US$1995: -1,883,164,149 US$1996: -2,905,611,417 US$1997: -2,423,011,353 US$1998: -3,255,561,890 US$1999: -1,671,836,398 US$2000: -1,990,674,715 US$2001: -3,117,155,452 US$2002: -2,618,450,282 US$2003: -4,482,339,947 US$2004: -6,851,547,206 US$2005: -10,131,062,278 US$2006: -14,815,112,801 US$2007: -24,588,208,756 US$2008: -27,570,033,722 US$2009: -11,187,131,578 US$2010: -11,346,266,402 US$2011: -11,168,605,475 US$2012: -9,273,974,973 US$2013: -1,721,256,870 US$2014: -842,267,125 US$2015: -1,462,552,928 US$2016: -1,963,818,828 US$2017: -5,227,450,171 US$2018: -8,517,798,660 US$2019: -10,593,297,427 US$2020: -11,076,013,195 US$2021: -16,199,019,325 US$2022: -20,446,155,487 US$2023: -16,991,933,192 US$2024: -22,988,017,571 US$2025: -22,489,139,917 US$
Change over the period: −18.87B (−521.99%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Romania

Romania -22.49B US$
Europe & Central Asia computed 864B US$
Eastern Europe computed 44.07B US$
Trade balance — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 -22.49B +499M +2.17%
2024 -22.99B −6B −35.29%
2023 -16.99B +3.45B +16.89%
2022 -20.45B −4.25B −26.22%
2021 -16.2B −5.12B −46.25%
2020 -11.08B −483M −4.56%
2019 -10.59B −2.08B −24.37%
2018 -8.52B −3.29B −62.94%
2017 -5.23B −3.26B −166.19%
2016 -1.96B −501M −34.27%
2015 -1.46B −620M −73.64%
2014 -842M +879M +51.07%
2013 -1.72B +7.55B +81.44%
2012 -9.27B +1.89B +16.96%
2011 -11.17B +178M +1.57%
2010 -11.35B −159M −1.42%
2009 -11.19B +16.38B +59.42%
2008 -27.57B −2.98B −12.13%
2007 -24.59B −9.77B −65.97%
2006 -14.82B −4.68B −46.23%
2005 -10.13B −3.28B −47.87%
2004 -6.85B −2.37B −52.86%
2003 -4.48B −1.86B −71.18%
2002 -2.62B +499M +16%
2001 -3.12B −1.13B −56.59%
2000 -1.99B −319M −19.07%
1999 -1.67B +1.58B +48.65%
1998 -3.26B −833M −34.36%
1997 -2.42B +483M +16.61%
1996 -2.91B −1.02B −54.29%
1995 -1.88B −1.26B −203.34%
1994 -621M +690M +52.63%
1993 -1.31B +802M +37.96%
1992 -2.11B −977M −86.09%
1991 -1.13B +2.48B +68.61%
1990 -3.62B

About the indicator

The balance of foreign trade in goods and services: exports minus imports. This is the largest part of the current account but not the whole of it — investment income and remittances do not enter the trade balance, and for countries with large transfers the two indicators move in opposite directions. A surplus is not in itself a sign of a healthy economy: a country importing equipment for construction will run a deficit precisely because it is investing in growth.

Important: Goods and services together. For countries with large service exports — tourism, transport, software — the merchandise balance can be negative while the overall balance is positive.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.