Romania has dropped 12 positions, to 61st place, in the ranking of the most competitive 70 economies in the world, according to the latest edition of the annual report of the Institute for Management and Development (IMD), published on Thursday, June 18. Romania is outranked by countries such as Poland (41st place), Hungary (51st), and Bulgaria (56th), but is ahead of countries such as Mexico (62nd place) and Slovakia (63rd place) in the ranking.  In the last year, Romania dropped across all metrics measured by the ranking. It is now ranked 62nd in economic performance (versus 56th in 2025), 61st in government efficiency (44th in 2025), 69th in business efficiency (50th previously), and 55th in infrastructure (45th previously).