Work & Labour in Romania

1,718 indicators covering work & labour for Romania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Female unemployment rate 5.6% 2025 down 5.0% 97th
Share of male vs. female employment in industry 40.4% 2025 up 6.3% 12th
Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 12.8% 2025 down 30.4% 105th
Share of male vs. female employment in services 46.8% 2025 up 7.3% 119th
Employment rate, men vs. women 57.8% 2025 up 2.8% 146th
Employment rate 48.3% 2025 up 1.1% 150th
Youth unemployment rate 24.5% 2025 up 11.4% 33rd
Population by labor force status 2.94 million people 2025 down 5.5% 86th
Employee compensation as share of government spending 19.0% 2022 up 33.7% 102nd
CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 29.89 2024 down 3.6% 80th
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 749.62 2024 down 40.4% 27th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 189.5 Persons 2022 up 9.8% 65th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 437 Persons 2022 down 0.2% 45th
Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 1.5% 2020 down 15.1% 43rd
Female labor force by age 9,543 people 2024 down 97.2% 139th
Labor force participation rate by age 25.2% 2024 down 0.5% 168th
Female labor force participation rate by age 19.6% 2024 down 3.0% 157th
Jobs gap 697.4 2024 down 46.7% 25th
Jobs gap rate 8.2 2024 down 37.9% 48th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 246.44 2024 down 63.8% 28th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 2.9 2024 down 58.0% 51st
Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 23.6% 2024 down 3.0% 36th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0015 units per square kilometre 2023 down 13.7% 113th
Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0004 units per square kilometre 2023 down 55.9% 130th
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 1.32 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% 93rd
Employment by status 85.3% 2024 up 12.1% 41st
Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 85.3% 2024 up 12.1% 41st
Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.013 units per square kilometre 2023 up 274.9% 114th
Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.013 units per square kilometre 2023 up 274.9% 114th
Employment 7,694 2025 down 9.9% 54th
Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth -1.69 % change on previous year 2025 up 16.3% 106th
Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate -1.69 % change on previous year 2025 up 16.3% 106th
Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate -1.69 % change on previous year 2025 up 16.3% 106th
Cases of fatal occupational injury 163 2024 down 40.1% 34th
Annual growth of GDP per employed person 2.2% 2025 up 0.9% 70th
Unemployment with basic education 14.8% 2024 up 128.1% 19th
Unemployment with basic education, male 15.8% 2024 up 88.4% 14th
Unemployment with intermediate education 4.4% 2024 down 38.6% 92nd
Unemployment with basic education, female 12.9% 2024 up 209.6% 29th
Unemployment with advanced education 1.9% 2024 down 67.3% 116th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 4.8% 2024 down 31.9% 89th
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 1.78 2024 up 1.1% 86th
Level of national compliance with labor rights 1.78 score 2024 up 1.1% 86th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 17.0% 2024 up 0.1% 53rd
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 4.1% 2024 down 43.1% 81st
Labor force with basic education, female 16.2% 2024 down 44.0% 113th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 20.7% 2024 up 10.3% 53rd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 13.5% 2024 down 11.8% 52nd
Labor force with basic education, male 44.6% 2024 down 4.6% 96th
Labor force with basic education 27.9% 2024 down 23.8% 111th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 48.2% 2024 down 12.2% 98th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 64.8% 2024 down 9.8% 107th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 56.9% 2024 down 10.9% 105th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 1.7% 2024 down 70.7% 115th
Labor force with advanced education, male 82.4% 2024 up 0.7% 62nd
Labor force with advanced education 82.1% 2024 up 2.2% 30th
Labor force with advanced education, female 81.9% 2024 up 3.8% 16th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 39.5% 2025 down 7.2% 137th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 57.7% 2025 down 3.2% 140th
Unemployment with advanced education, female 2.1% 2024 down 64.6% 109th