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Government debt in Romania

How indebted is the state my taxes would go to?

Romania's government debt is 60.60 % — #72 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

60.60%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.6 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Romania over time

60.60 %36.50 %12.40 %12.40 % · 20072000: 29.60 %2001: 27.40 %2002: 27.40 %2003: 24.90 %2004: 21.30 %2005: 17.80 %2006: 12.70 %2007: 12.40 %2008: 13.00 %2009: 22.50 %2010: 30.20 %2011: 32.60 %2012: 36.20 %2013: 39.30 %2014: 40.50 %2015: 39.40 %2016: 39.50 %2017: 37.10 %2018: 36.40 %2019: 36.80 %2020: 49.50 %2021: 51.80 %2022: 51.90 %2023: 52.60 %2024: 57.50 %2025: 60.60 %20002012202560.60 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#72 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
42 %
52 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 3.10 pp
since 2024
Full series
▲ 31.00 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #22 of 37vs median 54.55 %: +6.05 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Romania: ahead of 42 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtRomania 60.60 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Romania is ahead of 42 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Romania
70 Colombia59.90 %−0.70 pp
71 Costa Rica60.40 %−0.20 pp
72 Romania60.60 %—
73 Slovakia61.60 %+1.00 pp
74 Mexico61.80 %+1.20 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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