Tourism contribution to GDP in Romania
Romania: Tourism contribution to GDP was 1.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Tourism contribution to GDP in Romania, 2011–2021
Source: UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, tourism contribution to gdp in Romania stood at 1.6%.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tourism contribution to gdp in Romania peaked at 3.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2020.
Romania ranks 82nd of 100 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Tourism contribution to GDP in Romania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1.8% | — |
| 2012 | 1.9% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | +22.7% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | +15.3% |
| 2017 | 2.8% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | -47.3% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.4% | 1.8% | 3.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2 |
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- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 10.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6174 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 13,916 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), annual growth rate 7.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 2.76 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU), per capita 62,211 current LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate -0.1701 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.3245 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tourism contribution to gdp in Romania?
- Tourism contribution to gdp in Romania was 1.6% in 2021, according to UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tourism contribution to gdp recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 3.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest tourism contribution to gdp recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2020.
- How does Romania rank for tourism contribution to gdp?
- Romania ranks 82nd out of 100 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tourism contribution to gdp rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Tourism contribution to GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of a country's GDP that comes directly from tourism, including spending by visitors and the industries that serve them.