Romania’s GDP falls 1.1% year-on-year in Q1 of 2026
Romanian GDP stagnated in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the last three months of the previous year and fell by 1.1% compared with the same period in 2025, according to provisional data published on Friday, June 5, by the National…
Radu Dumitrescu · Journalist
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Romanian GDP stagnated in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the last three months of the previous year and fell by 1.1% compared with the same period in 2025, according to provisional data published on Friday, June 5, by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
According to INS, the seasonally adjusted Gross Domestic Product was estimated at RON 497,820 billion at current prices in Q1 2026. In real terms, meaning after removing the effect of inflation, the economy fell by 1.1% compared with Q1 2025. Compared with Q4 2025, GDP remained unchanged.
