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Romania records significant gaps compared to other EU countries regarding the indicators of sustainable development so that the main objective of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development in 2008, that is reaching the European average level of these indicators in 2020, is a big challenge that it seems to be impossible. The article empirically analyzes the progress made by Romania in the field of sustainable development, based on key indicators of sustainable development formulated and computed by Eurostat. While Romania has to make a lot of catching up to most European countries in terms of economic and social aspects, regarding environmental aspects, the indicators reflect some better performance than the European average, but in the context of less intense economic activities in Romania than in most EU countries.