Employment rates of recent graduates

In 2025, Romania's employment rates of recent graduates decreased by 3.1% compared to 2024, reaching 72.7.

Romania accounts for 87.6% of the EU-27 total of 83.0.

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 5.2% (from 76.7 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00053, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.