Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment inched up to 5.2 percent in August 2021 from 5.1 percent in the previous month. It was the highest jobless rate since May, as the number of unemployed increased by 7,774 to 428.008. Meantime, the jobless rate for men (5.5 percent vs 5.4 percent in July) and women (4.8 percent vs 4.7 percent) increased. source: Institutul National de Statistica

Unemployment Rate in Romania averaged 6.22 percent from 2004 until 2021, reaching an all time high of 8.70 percent in January of 2004 and a record low of 3.60 percent in January of 2020. 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 October of 2021.

Unemployment Rate in Romania is expected to be 5.10 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 4.90 percent in 2022, according to our econometric models.

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Romania Unemployment Rate


Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2021-09-01 06:00 AM Jul 5.1% 5.0% 5.3%
2021-10-01 06:00 AM Aug 5.2% 5.1% 5.1%
2021-11-03 07:00 AM Sep 5.2% 5.1%
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Romanian Jobless Rate at 3-Month High
Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment inched up to 5.2 percent in August 2021 from 5.1 percent in the previous month. It was the highest jobless rate since May, as the number of unemployed increased by 7,774 to 428.008. Meantime, the jobless rate for men (5.5 percent vs 5.4 percent in July) and women (4.8 percent vs 4.7 percent) increased.
2021-10-01
Romanian July Jobless Rate Edges Up to 5.1%
Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment inched up to 5.1 percent in July 2021 from a downwardly revised 5.0 percent in the previous month, as the number of unemployed increased by 12,637 to 420.234. Meantime, the jobless rate increased for men (5.4 percent vs 5.1 percent in June), but declined for women (4.7 percent vs 4.9 percent).
2021-09-01
Romanian Jobless Rate Falls to 6-Month Low
Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment declined to 5.2 percent in June 2021 from 5.5 percent in the previous month. This was the lowest jobless rate since last December, as the number of unemployed dropped by 23,219 to 425.423. Meantime, the jobless rate decreased for both women (5.0 percent vs 5.3 percent in May) and men (5.3 percent vs 5.6 percent).
2021-07-30

Romania Last Unit Reference Previous Highest Lowest
Unemployment Rate 5.20 percent Aug/21 5.10 8.70 3.60
Employed Persons 4976.90 Thousand Jul/21 4969.20 8496.00 4095.20
Job Vacancies 0.79 percent Sep/21 0.73 2.14 0.50
Wages 5688.00 RON/Month Aug/21 5780.00 5906.00 1.02
Wages in Manufacturing 4926.00 RON/Month Aug/21 5090.00 5208.00 203.00
Wage Growth 7.60 percent Jun/21 9.80 283.30 -1.90
Labor Force Participation Rate 66.30 percent Jun/21 64.80 73.60 60.60
Employment Rate 60.80 percent Mar/21 65.80 69.10 55.40


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.