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Romania – Current Account Balance

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Current account balance as a share of GDP. Summarizes net trade in goods, services, income, and transfers with the rest of the world. · World Bank

-8.16% −1.12% from 2023 Global rank: 21st · all-time high: 9.70% (1988)

Romania's current account balance was -8.16% in 2024, a decrease of +1.12% from -7.03% in 2023. This ranked 21st globally. The all-time high was 9.70% in 1988.

APA

Romania Current Account Balance. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 13, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/romania/current-account

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_romania_current-account,
  title = {Romania Current Account Balance},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/romania/current-account},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Romania Current Account Balance – Historical Data
Year	Value	Change	Rank
2030* IMF	-5.03%	–	–
2029* IMF	-5.42%	–	–
2028* IMF	-5.91%	–	–
2027* IMF	-6.07%	–	–
2026* IMF	-6.58%	–	–
2025* IMF	-7.97%	–	–
2024	-8.16%	−1.12%	21st
2023	-7.03%	+2.22%	35th
2022	-9.25%	−2.04%	35th
2021	-7.21%	−2.07%	46th
2020	-5.14%	−0.27%	58th
2019	-4.87%	−0.26%	58th
2018	-4.61%	−1.41%	61st
2017	-3.19%	−1.09%	73rd
2016	-2.10%	−1.47%	109th
2015	-0.64%	−0.30%	121st
2014	-0.34%	+0.80%	119th
2013	-1.14%	+3.44%	115th
2012	-4.58%	+0.24%	80th
2011	-4.82%	+0.17%	85th
2010	-4.99%	−0.26%	72nd
2009	-4.73%	+6.93%	77th
2008	-11.66%	+2.04%	42nd
2007	-13.70%	−3.04%	29th
2006	-10.67%	−1.99%	27th
2005	-8.67%	−0.16%	35th
2004	-8.51%	−2.78%	21st
2003	-5.73%	−2.42%	41st
2002	-3.31%	+2.21%	60th
2001	-5.52%	−1.88%	39th
2000	-3.64%	−0.03%	64th
1999	-3.61%	+3.39%	68th
1998	-7.00%	−1.08%	41st
1997	-5.91%	+1.05%	46th
1996	-6.96%	−2.22%	36th
1995	-4.74%	−3.32%	49th
1994	-1.42%	+3.03%	84th
1993	-4.45%	+1.54%	56th
1992	-5.99%	−2.49%	32nd
1991	-3.51%	+5.00%	60th
1990	-8.51%	−14.57%	19th
1989	6.07%	−3.64%	119th
1988	9.70%	+4.34%	121st
1987	5.37%	–	114th

Show all years (1987–2024)

* IMF World Economic Outlook projection

Detected Pattern▾

Fiscal Dominance Trap

Government debt exceeding 80% of GDP with real interest rates negative and inflation above 10%. Monetary policy effectiveness impaired by fiscal pressures.

Inflation 10.4% Real rate -2.7%

This pattern occurred 329 times in history, 239 successful

Angola 2024

Inflation

28.2%

Real rate

-4.2%

Argentina 2024

Inflation

219.9%

Real rate

-47.4%

Egypt, Arab Republic of 2024

Inflation

28.3%

Real rate

-7.0%

South Sudan 2024

Inflation

91.4%

Real rate

-26.9%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

Real rate

-0.9%

Argentina 2023

Inflation

133.5%

Real rate

-17.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Romania matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2023. Historically, 73% of countries showing this pattern (239 out of 329) saw current account balance improve within 24 months. View full analysis →