Romania vs South Africa: GDP, PPP

Romania
968.04 billion current international $
in 2025
South Africa
1.03 trillion current international $
in 2025
Romania rank
34th
South Africa rank
32nd

GDP, PPP over time

  • Romania
  • South Africa
200.0B400.0B600.0B800.0B1.0T199020072025

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 1.03 trillion current international $ against 968.04 billion current international $ in Romania, a difference of 61.81 billion current international $.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Globally, Romania ranks 34th and South Africa ranks 32nd of 203 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP, PPP (current international $)
Unit
current international $
Source
International Comparison Program (ICP), World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
250 places, 8,712 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

This indicator provides values for gross domestic product (GDP) expressed in current international dollars, converted by purchasing power parities (PPPs). PPPs account for the different price levels across countries and thus PPP-based comparisons of economic output are more appropriate for comparing the output of economies and the average material well-being of their inhabitants than exchange-rate based comparisons. Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This series has been linked to produce a consistent time series to counteract breaks in series over time due to changes in base years, source data and methodologies. Thus, it may not be comparable with other national accounts series in the database for historical years. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. The PPP conversion factor is a currency conversion factor and a spatial price deflator. PPPs convert different currencies to a common currency and, in the process of conversion, equalize their purchasing power by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries, thereby allowing volume or output comparisons of GDP and its expenditure components.