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Romania — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Romania, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.99%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -27.2% since 1991
Unemployment for Romania was 5.99% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 8.26% in 1992. The lowest was 3.91% in 2019 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.93% per year.
Romania ranks 76 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 41%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Romania sits above it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 27% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.99%
First (1991)
8.23%
Change
-27.2%
Highest
8.26%
in 1992
Lowest
3.91%
in 2019
Average
6.53%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.93%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.99% |
| 2024 | 5.4% |
| 2023 | 5.59% |
| 2022 | 5.61% |
| 2021 | 5.59% |
| 2020 | 5.04% |
| 2019 | 3.91% |
| 2018 | 4.19% |
| 2017 | 4.93% |
| 2016 | 5.9% |
| 2015 | 6.81% |
| 2014 | 6.8% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.