Fixed Investment in Romania
The Romanian economy recorded an average growth rate of 3.4% in fixed investment in the decade to 2022, above the 2.0% average for Eastern Europe. In 2022, fixed investment growth was 7.7%. For more investment information, visit our dedicated page.
Romania Investment Chart
Romania Investment Data
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
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Fixed Investment (ann. var. %) | 0.0 | 12.6 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 5.9 |
Economic growth accelerates in Q3
According to a preliminary estimate, growth sped up in the fourth quarter, coming in at 2.9% on an annual basis (Q3: +1.1% yoy). This brings growth for 2023 as a whole to 2.0%. A full breakdown will not be available until 8 March. On a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis, the economy contracted 0.4% in Q4 (Q3: +0.8% qoq s.a.).
Going ahead, the should will grow at a faster pace this year than last owing to stronger momentum in household spending, fixed investment and exports, as well as a rebound in industrial production. Key factors to monitor are fiscal metrics and the renegotiation of the National Recovery Plan with the EU, while slower-than-expected progress on key reforms is a downside risk
Commenting on the outlook, Stefan Posea and Valentin Tataru from ING stated: “The 2.0% real GDP growth in 2023 is somewhat better than recent expectations, but well below potential and it confirms National Bank of Romania’s latest assessment of further contraction of excess aggregate demand. This will continue into 2024 for which we maintain our 2.8% GDP growth estimate, as the public investment engine is likely to get some help from private consumption as well. Monetary policy easing might help in the second half of the year, but in our view, the bigger issue is that GDP growth rates of 4.0-5.0% – that were business as usual just a short while ago – might become daring targets in the future.”
How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Romanian investment projections for the next ten years from a panel of 14 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable investment forecast available for Romanian investment.
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