The jobless rate among women stood at 4.8% and the male unemployment rate stood at 5.2%.
The highest jobless rate, of 17.6%, was among youths aged 15 to 24.
In the second quarter of 2021, Romania’s active population, which consists of employed and unemployed people, stood at 8.261 million, of whom 7.843 million people were employed and 418,000 people were unemployed.
The employment rate of people aged 15 to 64 was 62.4% in the second quarter of 2021, higher by 1.6 percentage points compared to the previous quarter. The employment rate among men stood at 71.6%, while the rate among women stood at 52.9%.
The employment rate among youths aged 15 to 24 was 22.0%.