In November 2011, the unemployment rate was 5.05%, ANOFM data showed.
End-November, the total number of unemployed people reached 476,321, from 456,148 people in the previous month.
Jobless claims rose to 174,945, from 161,238 in October.
Romania's unemployment rate rose slightly 5.4% in November, from 5.17% a month earlier, the country’s employment agency ANOFM said Thursday.