JUNE 2025: Informat.ro BAROMETER - INSCOP Research: People's expectations regarding Romania's economic development | 85.9% of Romanians expect Romania to face economic problems in the coming months

More than 80% of Romanians expect Romania to face economic problems in the coming months, according to BAROMETER Informat.ro - INSCOP Research conducted between May 26-30, 2025.

BAROMETER Informat.ro - INSCOP Research is a monthly opinion poll conducted by INSCOP Research on behalf of the news platform Informat.ro in partnership with the think-tank Strategic Thinking Group.

The Informat.ro - INSCOP ResearchBAROMETER aims to bring to public attention topics of interest to stimulate national conversations on various topics and public policies essential for Romania's present and future based on the opinion of Romanians in partnership with prestigious think tanks and academic institutions. It is an approach through which we aim to contribute to the consolidation of democracy through the use of scientific and credible tools that bring the voice of citizens to the forefront of public debate.

Methodology: Data was collected between May 26-30, 2025. Research method: questionnaire interview. Data were collected using the CATI method (telephone interviews), the simple stratified sample size was 1150 persons, representative by significant socio-demographic categories (sex, age, occupation) for the non-institutionalized population of Romania, aged 18 years and over. The maximum permissible error of the data is ± 2.9% at 95% confidence level.

Remus Ștefureac - Director INSCOP Research: "The vast majority of the population (over 85%) expects Romania to face economic problems in the coming months. Awareness of the economic situation the country is going through is determined both by the frequent data and information debated in the public space on the state of the economy, and by the way the population interprets the possible direct consequences of future fiscal policies on their personal economic situation."

Population's expectations regarding Romania's economic development

85.9% of survey participants expect Romania to face economic problems in the coming months. 11% do not expect such a development and 3.1% do not know or do not answer.

They expect Romania to face economic problems in the coming months in somewhat higher proportions than the population average especially: AUR voters and people aged 30-59.

The graphical presentation of the data is available at: BAROMETER Informat.ro - INSCOP Research: Population expectations on Romania's economic evolution