Romania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate eased to 6.3% in September 2026 from 6.4% in the previous month, marking its lowest reading since February. The number of unemployed people fell by 6.3 thousand month-on-month but rose by 26.2 thousand year-on-year to 517.1 thousand. By gender, the unemployment rate for men edged down to 6.2% from 6.3% in August, while the rate for women remained steady at 6.5%. Among individuals aged 25–74, who accounted for 76.8% of the total number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate inched down to 5.1% from 5.2%. Compared with the same month a year earlier, however, the overall unemployment rate remained higher than the 6.0% recorded in September 2025. source: Institutul National de Statistica
Unemployment Rate in Romania decreased to 6.30 percent in September from 6.40 percent in August 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 November of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Romania decreased to 6.30 percent in September from 6.40 percent in August of 2026. Unemployment Rate in Romania is expected to be 6.20 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 5.60 percent in 2027 and 5.50 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.