Romania’s GDP grew 0.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, slightly above the initial estimate of 0.1% and slowing from 1.7% in the previous quarter, second estimates showed. Despite the marginally upward revision, it remained the weakest growth since the first quarter of 2021, driven by declines in government spending (-2.5%) and household consumption (-0.6%). Meanwhile, growth was seen in gross fixed capital formation (+7.9%) and net external demand, as exports rose 2.1% while imports increased at a slower pace of 0.7%. On the production side, declines were recorded in professional, scientific and technical activities (-4.9%) and financial intermediation and insurance (-1.8%), while growth was seen in information and communication (+7.7%), construction (+5.3%), real estate activities (+2.2%), and agriculture, forestry and fishing (+0.5%). On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, the economy contracted by 1.9%, following a revised 0.1% decline in the previous period.