Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Romania
Romania: Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets was -16.04 billion in 2025. ▼ Falling
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Romania, 2007–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Romania recorded -16.04 billion for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 90.3% on the previous year and down 174.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Romania peaked at -2.19 billion in 2008 and was at its lowest, -16.04 billion, in 2025.
Romania ranks 81st of 90 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Romania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | -2.70 billion | — |
| 2008 | -2.19 billion | -18.9% |
| 2009 | -5.22 billion | +137.9% |
| 2010 | -5.58 billion | +6.8% |
| 2011 | -6.85 billion | +23.0% |
| 2012 | -11.65 billion | +69.9% |
| 2013 | -10.70 billion | -8.2% |
| 2014 | -9.03 billion | -15.6% |
| 2015 | -5.84 billion | -35.3% |
| 2016 | -3.43 billion | -41.3% |
| 2017 | -5.80 billion | +69.2% |
| 2018 | -6.11 billion | +5.4% |
| 2019 | -4.54 billion | -25.7% |
| 2020 | -5.14 billion | +13.3% |
| 2021 | -7.15 billion | +39.0% |
| 2022 | -6.69 billion | -6.4% |
| 2023 | -9.50 billion | +42.1% |
| 2024 | -8.43 billion | -11.3% |
| 2025 | -16.04 billion | +90.3% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's -16.04 billion is below the median for high income countries, which is -1.72 billion, 9.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Romania's -16.04 billion is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -1.24 billion, 13.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -3.37 billion | -5.22 billion | -2.19 billion | 3 |
| 2010s | -6.95 billion | -11.65 billion | -3.43 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | -8.83 billion | -16.04 billion | -5.14 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More financial sector data for Romania
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), annual growth rate 12.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per unit of GDP 0.1232 SDR per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Romania?
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in Romania was -16.04 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was -2.19 billion in 2008.
- What is the lowest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was -16.04 billion in 2025.
- How does Romania rank for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets?
- Romania ranks 81st out of 90 countries with data for 2025.
- Is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 174.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value) (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social Security). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.