A year earlier, Romania’s jobless rate was 7.7%.
The total number of unemployed people reached 453,067 in May, down from 493,438 people in the previous month, ANOFM said. Male unemployment dropped to 5.35% in May, from 5.9% in April; female unemployment dropped to 4.53% in May, from 4.85% in April.
The highest unemployment rates were reported in the counties Vaslui (9.52%), Teleorman (8.83%), Mehedinti (8.81%), Dolj (8.32%), Covasna (8.05%), Buzau (7.91%), Alba (7.22%), Ialomita (7.02%) and Galati (6.51%).