Romania registered the fourth drop in GDP in the EU by 8.8% over the EU overall average of 4.8%, according to recent data published by Eurostat. In the euro zone, the GDP decreased by 4.7%, Eurostat data reveals, quoted by Romanian news agency NewsIn.
Poland was the only EU member state that reported an economic growth in the second quarter, by 1.4% compared to the same period in 2006. In the second quarter, the most dramatic drops of the economy were registered in Lithuania by - 20.4%, Estonia with -16.6% compared to the similar period, in 2008.
Compared to the previous quarter, Romania's economy decreased by 1.2%, over the EU average.
