In 2011, central Romania (including counties Alba, Brasov, Covasna, Harghita and Mures) accounted for the highest unemployment rate, or 36% of the young people.
Northeastern Romania set at the opposite end, with an unemployment rate of only 11.9% among young people in 2011. This region includes Bacau, Botosani, Iasi, Neamt, Suceava, and Vaslui.
The Bucharest-Ilfov region, the country’s most developed economic area, has an unemployment rate among young people of 22.2% in 2011, the survey read.
Also, Muntenia-South region had an unemployment rate among young people of 30.7% in 2011, the north-western region of 20.9%, the western part of the country accounted for a 20.3% unemployment rate, while south-western Romania scored a 19.2% rate.
Among Central and Eastern European countries, Poland registered a 25.8% unemployment rate for youngsters in 2011, Hungary – 26.1%, Bulgaria – 26.6%, the Czech Republic – 18%, Slovakia — 33%, Slovenia – 15.7%, Croatia – 36.1%.
Germany and the Netherlands’ unemployment rates among young people stood at around 8% in 2011.
General unemployment rate in Romania stood at 7.4% in 2011, lower than the EU’s average of 9.6%.