Romania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate eased to 6.4% in July 2026 from an upwardly revised 6.8% in the previous month, marking its lowest level since February. The number of unemployed people decreased by 28.7 thousand month-on-month and increased 42 thousand year-on-year. By gender, the unemployment rate for men fell to 6.2% from 6.6% in June, while the rate for women declined to 6.7% from 7.1%. Among individuals aged 25 to 74, who accounted for 76.4% of total unemployed people, the unemployment rate edged down to 5.2% from 5.3% in June. Compared with the same month a year earlier, however, the overall unemployment rate remained higher than the 5.9% recorded in July 2025. source: Institutul National de Statistica
Unemployment Rate in Romania decreased to 6.40 percent in July from 6.80 percent in June of 2026. Unemployment Rate in Romania averaged 6.95 percent from 2004 until 2026, 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 September of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Romania decreased to 6.40 percent in July from 6.80 percent in June of 2026. Unemployment Rate in Romania is expected to be 6.30 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 6.60 percent in 2027 and 6.50 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.