An estimated 468,000 people were unemployed in Romania in February 2022, fewer than 469,000 unemployed people in January 2022 and 481,000 unemployed people in February 2021.
Men’s unemployment rate was 6.1%, higher by 1.0 percentage point than 5.1% for women.
The high level of the unemployment rate among young people (aged 15-24) of 22.0% still holds attention.
The unemployment rate of adult people (aged 25-74) was estimated at 4.6% for February 2022 (5.0% for men and 4.2% for women).
The number of unemployed aged 25-74 accounted for 76.6% of the total number of unemployed people estimated for February 2022.