RO · 2017 · tesem120

Unemployment rate by sex

Romania, 2017

Unemployment rate by sex
12.2
Romania, 2017
▼ 15.3% vs 2016 (14.4)
Analysis

In 2017, Romania's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 15.3% compared to 2016, reaching 12.2.

Romania accounts for 73.5% of the EU-27 total of 16.6.

Romania ranks 17th 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 29.9% (from 17.4 in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
73.5%
EU-27: 16.6
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