GDP
Economic growth is measured in terms of an increase in the size of a nation's economy. A broad measure of an economy's size is its output. The most widely-used measure of economic output is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

*In Romania the GDP growth is attributable to industrial investment unlike Bulgaria & Turkey where foreigners buying ‘Dream Overseas Holiday Homes’ (Investments) have contributed so much to the extent of their GDPs.

Inflation Rate
The inflation rate is the rate at which prices of goods and services are changing. Indicators of inflation rates include the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Producer Price Index (PPI). These track changes in prices paid by consumers and producers. Although Romaniais the highest there have been and continue to be credible reductions in the past 6 years.

Unemployment Rate
The Unemployment Rate is a measure of all persons who are not employed yet form part of the labourforce. This is expressed as a percentage of the total labour force. You will note only Hungary is 1.9% lower that Romania, whereas Bulgariahas almost twice the percentage of people out of work.

Investment
An asset purchased to generate income in the future. From all the countries mentioned Romania has the highest investment after Bulgaria.

Public debt
Money owed by the country which can be divided into internal debt, owed to lenders within the country or external debt owed to foreign lenders. Here Romania as you can see has a low public debt.

Source: www.worldbank.org