In March last year, the jobless rate was 5.58%, the data showed.
The total number of unemployed Romanians declined to 503,702 in March, from 528,041 people in the previous month.
Jobless claims reached 166,758, down from 191,178 in February.
Romania's unemployment rate inched down to 5.56% in March, from 5.83% a month earlier, data from the country’s employment agency ANOFM showed Monday.