RO · 2023 · tesem070

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)

Romania, 2023

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
53.1
Romania, 2023
▼ 1.1% vs 2022 (53.7)
Analysis

In 2023, Romania's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) decreased by 1.1% compared to 2022, reaching 53.1.

Romania accounts for 80.6% of the EU-27 total of 65.9.

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 10.8% (from 59.5 in 2018).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#25 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
80.6%
EU-27: 65.9
Romania timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025