July 1 (SeeNews) - Romania's unemployment rate rate decreased slightly to 3.9% in May, from 4% in the previous month, the national statistical office, INS, said on Monday, citing provisional data.
On an annual comparison basis, Romania's jobless rate was 0.4 percentage points lower in May, INS said in a statement.
There were 351,000 unemployed people in Romania in May, down from 335,000 in April, and lower than 390,000 in May 2018.
The jobless rate among women was 3.4% versus 4.3% among men in May 2019. The unemployment rate among adults aged between 25 and 74 was estimated at 3.1%. The percentage of unemployed people aged between 25 and 74 in the total number of unemployed was 72.3%.
Romania's workforce is estimated at about 9.0 million out of a population of some 19.5 million.