In March 2012, the unemployment rate was 5.15%, ANOFM data showed.
The total number of unemployed Romanians fell to 492,427 in March, from 510,409 people in the previous month.
Jobless claims reached 183,048, versus 202,863 in February.
Romania's unemployment rate inched down to 5.58% in March, from 5.78% a month earlier, the country’s employment agency ANOFM said Tuesday.