RO · 2017 · tesem070

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)

Romania, 2017

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
59.4
Romania, 2017
▲ 5.5% vs 2016 (56.3)
Analysis

In 2017, Romania's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) increased by 5.5% compared to 2016, reaching 59.4.

Romania accounts for 96.1% of the EU-27 total of 61.8.

Romania ranks 21st 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 10.8% (from 53.6 in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem070, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
96.1%
EU-27: 61.8
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