In all, Romania’s active population stood at 8,152 million people, 7.69 million of whom employed and 455,600 unemployed.
INS data show that on the segment of people aged 15-64, the employment rate was 63%, 0.1% lower than in 2022.
As in the previous years, the employment rate was higher for men (71.7% compared with 54.3% for women) and in urban areas (68.6% compared with 57.1% in rural areas).
The employment rate for young people (aged 15-24) stood at 18.7% and for older people (55-64) stood at 51%.
The highest employment rate for working age people was registered among university graduates (89.8%).
Of the total employed people 11.9% worked in the agricultural sector, 32.2% in construction and industry and 54.9% in services.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu