Romania

Official Name:

Romania

Area:

237.500 km ²

Population (2007):

22.276.056 inhabitants

Coastline:

225 km

Capital:

Bucharest

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Braila, Constanta, Galati, Tulcea

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 24 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Political divisions:

41 counties (judete, singular - judet) and 1 municipality* (municipiu); Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Nasaud, Botosani, Braila, Brasov, Bucuresti (Bucharest)*, Buzau, Calarasi, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Constanta, Covasna, Dimbovita, Dolj, Galati, Gorj, Giurgiu, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomita, Iasi, Ilfov, Maramures, Mehedinti, Mures, Neamt, Olt, Prahova, Salaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timis, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vilcea, Vrancea

Language(s):

Romanian 91% (official), Hungarian 6,7%, Romany (Gypsy) 1,1%, other 1,2%

National holiday:

Unification Day (of Romania and Transylvania), 1 December (1918)

Nationality:

Romanian(s)

Official time:

UTC 2. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Member of:

ACCT, Australia Group, BIS, BSEC, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, ESA (cooperating state), EU (new member), FAO, G- 9, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MONUC, NAM (guest), NATO, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SECI, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNOMIG, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU (associate partner), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Internet country code:

.ro

Economic Profile

Currency:

"New" leu (RON) was introduced in 2005; "old" leu (ROL) was phased out in 2006;

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD9.100 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 80.110.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

7,7% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 10,1%
• Industry: 34,7%
• Services: 55,2%

Labor force:

9.330.0000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2004):

• Agriculture 31,6%
• Industry: 30,7%
• Services 37,7%

Unemployment rate:

6,1% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

6,8% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

25% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD36.890.000.000
• Expenditures: USD39.100.000.000

Public debt:

21,4% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -12.450.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 33.000.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Textiles and footwear, metals and metal products, machinery and equipment, minerals and fuels, chemicals, agricultural products

Exports - Partners:

Italy 19,4%, Germany 14%, Turkey 7,9%, France 7,4%, UK 5,5%, Hungary 4,1%, US 4,1% (2005)

Imports:

USD 46.480.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Machinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals, textile and products, basic metals, agricultural products

Imports - partners:

Italy 15,5%, Germany 14%, Russia 8,3%, France 6,8%, Turkey 4,9%, China 4,1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 27.880.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 42.760.000.000 (2006)