Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2024, Romania's unemployment by sex and age increased by 9.6% compared to 2023, reaching 23.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.9%.

Romania ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.8% (from 21.0% in 2019).

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