{"id":6969,"date":"2025-09-29T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6969"},"modified":"2025-09-29T07:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:00:24","slug":"romanias-iasi-ranked-among-the-fastest-growing-large-cities-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6969","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s Ia\u0219i ranked among the fastest-growing large cities in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ia\u0219i is the third fastest-growing first-tier city in Europe over the past 15 years, tied with Wroc\u0142aw in Poland, with the IT and real estate sectors driving growth, according to an analysis by research company Oxford Economics, as quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zf.ro\/companii\/iasiul-locul-3-topul-oraselor-europene-dinamica-crestere-ultimii-15-22913438?mc_cid=a3db16f32b&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Ziarul Financiar<\/a>. The ranking is led by Dublin and Valletta.<\/p>\n<p>Ia\u0219i\u2019s GDP grew on average by about 5.5% per year between 2010 and 2025. In the more recent period between 2020 and 2025 \u2013 marked by the pandemic, war on the border, record inflation, and a complicated economic and political context \u2013 growth slowed, dropping below 5%, Oxford Economics said.<\/p>\n<p>Almost half of the city\u2019s growth in the last 15 years is attributable to the IT and communications sector.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that it is an important university centre has played a role in its evolution. The city has attracted investors who came both for the expertise of the people here and for the lower labour costs. The local economy has also benefited from the real estate market, with the residential market growing steadily in recent years,\u201d the study noted.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis shows that in the top 20 fastest-growing cities in Europe, most positions are occupied by cities from Central and Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Romania appears twice in the ranking, with Ia\u0219i in third place (tied with Wroc\u0142aw) and Bucharest in 10th. Poland dominates the list, with 10 cities in the top 20.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Calin Stan\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ia\u0219i is the third fastest-growing first-tier city in Europe over the past 15 years, tied with Wroc\u0142aw in Poland, with the IT and real estate sectors driving growth, according to an analysis by research company Oxford Economics, as quoted by Ziarul Financiar. The ranking is led by Dublin and Valletta. Ia\u0219i\u2019s GDP grew on average [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}