In February 2012, the unemployment rate was 5.37%, ANOFM data showed.
The total number of unemployed Romanians fell to 510,409 in February, from 513.349 people in the previous month.
Jobless claims reached 202,863, versus 208,698 in January.
Romania's unemployment rate inched down to 5.78% in February, from 5.82% a month earlier, the country’s employment agency ANOFM said Thursday.