However, the jobless rate was higher compared with a rate of 6.8% in the second quarter of 2010, the statistics data showed.
According to the data, 711,000 men and women were unemployed in the second quarter of 2011. Male unemployment rate was 7.5%, while female unemployment reached 6.8%.
Romania’s labor force in the analyzed period was estimated at 9.92 million people.
The figures are based on the definition recommended by the International Labor Organization (ILO).