Romania Unemployment Rate

Last Release

Dec 31, 2024

Actual

5.2

Units In

5.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Mar 04, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 0 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
8.7 Jan 2004	3.6 Jan 2020	6.1 %	2004-2024	Institutul National de Statistica

In Romania, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Latest Updates

Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to a six-month low of 5.2% in December 2024, from 5.3% in the previous month. The number of unemployed persons decreased by 7 thousand from a month earlier to 428.6 million. Among genders, the jobless rate for men edged down to 5.4% (vs 5.5% in November), while that for women remained unchanged at 5%. In December 2023, the jobless rate was 5.6%.