Romania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 6% in December 2025, unchanged the previous month. The number of unemployed persons decreased marginally by six from a month earlier to 493.7 thousand. By gender, the jobless rates for men edged down to 5.9% from 6.1% in November, while that for women increased to 6.1% from 5.9%. In December 2024, the jobless rate was lower at 5.7%. source: Institutul National de Statistica

Unemployment Rate in Romania remained unchanged at 6 percent in December. Unemployment Rate in Romania averaged 6.96 percent from 2004 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 9.60 percent in March of 2010 and a record low of 4.70 percent in June of 2019. This page provides the latest reported value for - Romania Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Romania Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Unemployment Rate in Romania remained unchanged at 6 percent in December. Unemployment Rate in Romania is expected to be 5.90 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Romania Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 5.50 percent in 2027 and 5.30 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-01-08 07:00 AM
Unemployment Rate
Nov 6% 5.9% 5.9%
2026-01-30 07:00 AM
Unemployment Rate
Dec 6% 6% 6.0%
2026-03-04 07:00 AM
Unemployment Rate
Jan 6%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Employed Persons 5143.40 5148.00 Thousand Nov 2025
Employment Rate 63.40 63.30 percent Sep 2025
Job Vacancies 31617.00 31333.00 Sep 2025
Job Vacancy Rate 0.62 0.61 percent Sep 2025
Labor Force Participation Rate 67.40 67.30 percent Sep 2025
Unemployment Rate 6.00 6.00 percent Dec 2025
Wage Growth 6.70 6.20 percent Dec 2025
Wages 9868.00 9371.00 RON/Month Dec 2025
Wages in Manufacturing 9122.00 8704.00 RON/Month Dec 2025


Romania Unemployment Rate
In Romania, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
6.00 6.00 9.60 4.70 2004 - 2025 percent Monthly
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News Stream
Romanian Jobless Rate Steady at 6.0%
Romania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 6% in December 2025, unchanged the previous month. The number of unemployed persons decreased marginally by six from a month earlier to 493.7 thousand. By gender, the jobless rates for men edged down to 5.9% from 6.1% in November, while that for women increased to 6.1% from 5.9%. In December 2024, the jobless rate was lower at 5.7%.
2026-01-30
Romanian Jobless Rate Ticks Up in November
Romania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 6% in November from 5.9% in the previous month. The number of unemployed persons increased by 6.4 thousand from a month earlier to 493.7 thousand. The jobless rates for men rose by 6.1% from 6% in October, while that for women grew by 5.9% from 5.8%. In November 2024, the jobless rate was lower at 5.6%.
2026-01-08
Romania Jobless Rate Falls to 9-Month Low
Romania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.9% in October 2025, from a revised 6.1% in each of the previous two months. This was the lowest jobless rate since January, as the number of unemployed persons decreased by 10.1 thousand from a month earlier to 487.3 thousand. The jobless rates for men dropped to 6.0% from 6.3% in September, while that for women remained unchanged at 5.8%. The youth unemployment rate, measuring job-seekers between 15 and 24 years old, inched down to 4.6% from 4.7% in the prior month.
2025-12-02