Distillers Romania
A one-page guide to Romania for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Bucharest
- Official languages
- Romanian
- Currency
- Leu (RON)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 (UTC+3 summer)
- Area
- 238,397 km²
People
- Population
- 19.0 million (2025)
- Population growth
- -0.2% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 52.2%
- Aged under 15
- 15.6%
- Aged 65 and over
- 20.1%
- Life expectancy
- 76.5 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$428.7 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$22,538 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 0.7% (2025)
- Inflation
- 7.2% (2025)
Climate
Continental with four seasons. Average annual temperature about 11 C in the south and 8 C in the north; Bucharest summer highs about 28 C, winter highs below 2 C; rainfall about 570 mm around Bucharest.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 18 to purchase (no minimum drinking age)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 17.07 litres of pure alcohol (2022-2024 average (WHO estimate for 2024))
- Traditional drinks
- Tuica (plum brandy)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); World Bank indicators (population, area, GDP, GDP per capita, growth, inflation); WHO Global Health Observatory, indicator SA_0000001688; UN Comtrade public API (HS 2208); Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Wikipedia: Romania; EU excise duty tables (position at 1 July 2021); Your Europe: alcohol allowances for travellers entering the EU; Excise rate source - Romania. Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.