Romania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate eased to 6.3% in June 2026 from 6.4% in the previous month, indicating a slight improvement in labor market conditions. The number of unemployed people declined by 10.5 thousand from May, while it was 7.1 thousand higher than a year earlier, bringing the total to 511.6 thousand. By gender, the unemployment rate for men remained unchanged at 6.3%, while the rate for women edged down to 6.3% from 6.5% in the previous month. Among individuals aged 25 to 74, who represented 72.2% of the total number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate eased to 4.8% from 4.9% in May. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the overall unemployment rate was slightly higher than the 6.2% recorded in June 2025. source: Institutul National de Statistica
Unemployment Rate in Romania decreased to 6.30 percent in June from 6.40 percent in May 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 August of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Romania decreased to 6.30 percent in June from 6.40 percent in May 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.