Employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64

In 2025, Romania's employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64 increased by 6.7% compared to 2024, reaching 114.0.

Romania accounts for 85.8% of the EU-27 total of 132.8.

Romania ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 37.3% (from 83.0 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.