In October last year, the jobless rate was 5.4%, the data showed.
The total number of unemployed Romanians rose to 463.629 in October from 461.822 in September.
Jobless claims reached 126.921, versus 128,195 in September.
Romania's unemployment rate inched slightly up to 5.13% in October, from 5.11% a month earlier, data from the country’s employment agency ANOFM showed Friday.