Employment — national citizens

In 2021, Romania's employment decreased by 7.4% compared to 2020, reaching 7,657k.

Romania accounts for 4.3% of the EU-27 total of 177,389k.

Romania ranks 7th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.2% (from 8,161k in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.