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Unemployment rate in Romania

How hard is it to have a job there?

Romania's unemployment rate is 5.99 % — #76 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

5.99%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Romania over time

8.11 %6.01 %3.91 %8.11 % · 20023.91 % · 20192000: 6.97 %2001: 6.56 %2002: 8.11 %2003: 6.95 %2004: 7.72 %2005: 7.17 %2006: 7.27 %2007: 6.41 %2008: 5.79 %2009: 6.86 %2010: 6.96 %2011: 7.18 %2012: 6.79 %2013: 7.10 %2014: 6.80 %2015: 6.81 %2016: 5.90 %2017: 4.93 %2018: 4.19 %2019: 3.91 %2020: 5.04 %2021: 5.59 %2022: 5.61 %2023: 5.59 %2024: 5.40 %2025: 5.99 %2000201220255.99 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#76 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
39 %
48 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.59 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
2.12 pp
peak 8.11 % in 2002
Full series
▼ 0.98 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #22 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +0.74 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Romania: ahead of 39 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentRomania 5.99 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Romania is ahead of 39 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Romania
74 Brazil5.97 %−0.02 pp
75 Puerto Rico5.99 %−0.00 pp
76 Romania5.99 %—
77 Portugal6.16 %+0.17 pp
78 Luxembourg6.34 %+0.35 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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