Furthermore, Romania’s unemployment rate is notably lower than the Euro area average, which recorded a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 6.4% in October 2025, stable compared with September 2025 and higher than the 6.3% level, recorded in October 2024.
Compared to October 2024, Romania’s unemployment rate saw a slight increase from 5.7% to 5.9%, while the EU average saw a rise from 5.8% to 6.0%.
In absolute terms, 487,000 people were unemployed in Romania in October 2025, out of a total of 13.351 million unemployed persons across the entire EU.