In April 2012, the unemployment rate was 4.82%, ANOFM data showed.
The total number of unemployed Romanians fell to 467,089 in April, from 492,427 people in the previous month.
Jobless claims reached 162,211, down from 183,048 in March.
Romania's unemployment rate inched down to 5.29% in April, from 5.58% a month earlier, the country’s employment agency ANOFM said Thursday.