
Unemployment Rate Rises in Romania
Romania's employment rate for the working-age population (15-64) stood at 62.6% in the first quarter of this year, similar to the previous quarter, while the unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points.
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Romania's employment rate for the working-age population (15-64) stood at 62.6% in the first quarter of this year, similar to the previous quarter, while the unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points.

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Romania's unemployment rate increased to 6.3% in the last quarter of 2025, with the active population at 8.165 million people, of whom 7.651 million were employed and 513,900 were unemployed; nearly 30% of young people lacked employment.

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New data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS) reveals that Romania's employment rate for those aged 15-64 dropped to 63.0% in 2025, with rural youth unemployment being five times higher than the national average.

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