Romania Unemployment Rate

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

5.9

Units In

5.9

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 02, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 0 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
8.7 Jan 2004	3.6 Jan 2020	6.09 %	2004-2025	Institutul National de Statistica

In Romania, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Latest Updates

Romania’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 5.9% in September 2025, unchanged from the previous month. The number of unemployed persons increased by 1.5 thousand from a month earlier to 482.5 thousand. The jobless rate for men edged down to 6.1% from 6.2% in August, while that for women ticked higher to 5.6% from 5.5% in the preceding period. In September 2024, the jobless rate was 5.7%.