In the fourth quarter of 2024, the employment rate for the population aged 20-64 years was 68.8%, decreasing as against the one recorded during the previous quarter.
In the fourth quarter of 2024, the economically active population of Romania was 8171.1 thousand people, out of which 7692.6 thousand were employed people and 478.5 thousand unemployed people.
In the fourth quarter of 2024, the employment rate for the working age population (15-64 years) was 63.0%, decreasing as against the one recorded during the third quarter of 2024 by 0.3 percentage points.
The employment rate was higher for men (71.5% as against 54.4% for women), respectively for residents in the urban area (69.0% as against 56.8% in rural area).
The employment rate for youths aged 15 to 24 was 18.7%.
Unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of 2024 was 5.9%, increasing as against the one recorded in the third quarter of 2024 by 0.3 percentage points.
By sex, the gap between the two unemployment rates was 0.6 percentage points (6.1% for men as against 5.5% for women), while by residential areas it was 6.6 percentage points (9.4% for rural area, as against 2.8% for urban area).
By age groups, the unemployment rate reached the highest level (25.9%) among young people (15-24 years).