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Romania

19.1 million people · EU member

Romania has issued over 1.5 million electronic ID cards since March 2025, with biometric data and certificates on the chip, under an EU-funded recovery-plan project. CBDC work is research only.

-2Sovereignty scoreRolling it outHow it adds up ↓

Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Romania

Program
Cartea electronică de identitate (CEI); ROeID
Status
Available, partial uptake
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Yes

The first CEI was issued on 20 March 2025 in Cluj. Romania Insider reported over 1.5 million cards issued in the first year. The chip holds two fingerprints and certificates for authentication and e-signature. The card was free under the recovery plan until June 2026, with a fee after that.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
Research

The Atlantic Council tracker lists National Bank of Romania research. No pilot found as of Oct 2026.

On the record

What has happened, newest first

  1. 2025-03-20Rolling it out

    Romania issued its first electronic identity card with biometric data in Cluj County. Romania Insider ↗

UN and WHO

How Romania has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Abstained
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
78.1 · rank 37 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
2

Sovereignty score

How the -2 adds up

  • -1Must offer an EU digital ID wallet by Dec 2026 source ↗
  • -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.