RO · 2025 · tesem080
Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
Romania, 2025
Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
86.0
Romania, 2025
▼ 4.7% vs 2024 (90.2)
Analysis
In 2025, Romania's employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64) decreased by 4.7% compared to 2024, reaching 86.0.
Romania accounts for 73.9% of the EU-27 total of 116.4.
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 22.8% (from 111.4 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem080, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#25 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
73.9%
EU-27: 116.4
Romania timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem080