Venture capital investments in Romania
Romania: Venture capital investments was 0.0075 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in Romania, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for venture capital investments in Romania is 0.0075 Percentage of GDP, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 99.6% on the previous year and up 559.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Romania peaked at 0.0313 Percentage of GDP in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0006 Percentage of GDP, in 2018.
Romania ranks 26th of 28 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in Romania, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.0313 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.0036 Percentage of GDP | -88.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0017 Percentage of GDP | -51.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0016 Percentage of GDP | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0029 Percentage of GDP | +82.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0032 Percentage of GDP | +12.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0021 Percentage of GDP | -35.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0035 Percentage of GDP | +68.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0011 Percentage of GDP | -67.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0011 Percentage of GDP | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0013 Percentage of GDP | +20.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0006 Percentage of GDP | -51.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0098 Percentage of GDP | +1406.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0046 Percentage of GDP | -53.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0061 Percentage of GDP | +32.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0117 Percentage of GDP | +93.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0059 Percentage of GDP | -49.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0038 Percentage of GDP | -36.2% |
| 2025 | 0.0075 Percentage of GDP | +99.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0122 Percentage of GDP | 0.0017 Percentage of GDP | 0.0313 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.0027 Percentage of GDP | 0.0006 Percentage of GDP | 0.0098 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0066 Percentage of GDP | 0.0038 Percentage of GDP | 0.0117 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 23 Hungary 0.0143 Percentage of GDP compare
- 24 Czechia 0.0099 Percentage of GDP compare
- 25 Russian Federation 0.0078 Percentage of GDP compare
- 27 South Africa 0.0068 Percentage of GDP compare
- 28 Greece 0.0047 Percentage of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for Romania
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.82 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 4,456 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 12.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.2534 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 5,712 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual 9.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 1.13 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 25,536 current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Romania?
- Venture capital investments in Romania was 0.0075 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0313 Percentage of GDP in 2007.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0006 Percentage of GDP in 2018.
- How does Romania rank for venture capital investments?
- Romania ranks 26th out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 559.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org