RO · 2022 · tesem070

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)

Romania, 2022

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
53.7
Romania, 2022
▼ 2.2% vs 2021 (54.9)
Analysis

In 2022, Romania's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) decreased by 2.2% compared to 2021, reaching 53.7.

Romania accounts for 82.5% of the EU-27 total of 65.1.

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 fallen by 9.6% (from 59.4 in 2017).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#25 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
82.5%
EU-27: 65.1
Romania timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025