Romania Jobless Rate Falls to 9-Month Low

2025-12-02 07:17 By Judith Sib-at 1 min. read

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.



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