The employment rate was higher for men (71.4% against 54.5% for women), respectively for residents in urban areas (68.6% against 56.9% in rural areas).
The employment rate for youth (15-24 years) was 18.5%.
Romania’s active population reached 8.12 million people at the end of June 2023, of whom 7.68 million were employed and 437,400 were unemployed.
Unemployment rate was 5.4% at the end of the second quarter of 2023, decreasing by 0.4 percentage points as compared to the one recorded for the first quarter of 2023.
By sex, the gap between the two unemployment rates was 0.9 percentage points (5.8% for men against 4.9% for women), while by residential areas it was 5.3 percentage points (8.3% for rural areas, as against 3.0% for urban areas).
By age groups, the unemployment rate reached the highest level (21.2%) among young people (15-24 years).