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Romania — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Romania, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
51.33%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +2.5% since 1990
Labor participation for Romania was 51.33% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 52.64% in 2022. The lowest was 47.21% in 2009 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.07% per year.
Romania ranks 157 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 84%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Romania sits below it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
51.33%
First (1990)
50.06%
Change
+2.5%
Highest
52.64%
in 2022
Lowest
47.21%
in 2009
Average
50.83%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.07%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.33% |
| 2024 | 51.46% |
| 2023 | 51.74% |
| 2022 | 52.64% |
| 2021 | 52.47% |
| 2020 | 52% |
| 2019 | 52.02% |
| 2018 | 51.83% |
| 2017 | 51.84% |
| 2016 | 50.94% |
| 2015 | 51.24% |
| 2014 | 50.52% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.