Details follow:
Unemployed in Romania | Oct'09 | Sept'09 | Oct'08 |
Number | 653,939 | 625,140 | 364,183 |
Percentage of workforce | 7.1 | 6.9 | 4.0 |
In October, the southwestern county of Mehedinti registered the highest unemployment rate in Romania, 13.2%. The capital Bucharest and the Ilfov county, in southern Romania, had the lowest rate, of 2.1%.
The average unemployment rate in Romania fell to a 17-year low of 4.0% last year from 4.3% in 2007. In 1991, the average unemployment rate was 1.8%. Romania's workforce is estimated at 9.3 million out of a population of 21.5 million.