Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) … unit in Romania
Romania: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) … unit was 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit in Romania, 1987–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
Romania recorded 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 64.0% on the previous year and down 67.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit in Romania peaked at 0.0077 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2019 and was at its lowest, -0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 2012.
Romania ranks 114th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) … unit in Romania, year by year
| Year | BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1988 | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1989 | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1990 | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1991 | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -77.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +53.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +66.8% |
| 1994 | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -99.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +15968.8% |
| 1996 | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -99.5% |
| 1997 | -0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -93545.2% |
| 1998 | -0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -14.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -306.2% |
| 2000 | -0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -166.4% |
| 2001 | -0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +42.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -182.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +94.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +38.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0034 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +259.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0041 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +22.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0038 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -61.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -94.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +1682.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -78.7% |
| 2012 | -0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -492.6% |
| 2013 | -0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -72.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -522.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0058 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +329.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0068 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +17.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -72.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0062 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +238.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0077 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +23.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -89.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0047 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +492.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0074 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +56.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0053 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -28.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0052 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -64.0% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, 21% of the median. (69 countries reporting)
- Romania's 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0087 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, 22% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) … unit in Romania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | -93545.2% | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP |
| 1995 | +15968.8% | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP |
| 2010 | +1682.9% | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0041 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0077 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0042 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0074 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 111 Tonga 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 112 Egypt 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 113 Belarus 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 115 French Polynesia 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 116 Congo 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 117 Ukraine 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
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- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0088 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 197.24 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.0197 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0064 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 144.02 units per person (2025)
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- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0058 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit in Romania?
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit in Romania was 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0077 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2019.
- What is the lowest foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2012.
- How does Romania rank for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit?
- Romania ranks 114th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per unit rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows Balance of Payments database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), note: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments database, supplemented by data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and D
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.