Romania

Country at a glance

Romania is a southeastern europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Bucharest. The country joined the European Communities in 2007 in the post-2004 Balkan enlargement (alongside Bulgaria and Romania). Economically, Romania is the EU's sixth-most populous member state, with a fast-growing IT services sector around Cluj and Bucharest, retaining the leu outside the eurozone but committed to adoption. The country retains the RON, with eurozone entry foreseen once the convergence criteria are met, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Romanian is the official language and the country is divided into 4 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Romania is currently 6th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Romania, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

More data on Romania

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

• European Parliament

  MEPs elected from Romania (current term, 2024–2029).

• Public tenders

  TED notices from Romania buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.

• EU research grants

  CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Romania.

• Cohesion funds

  Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Romania.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (27 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API