December 13 (SeeNews) - Romania posted annual employment growth of 5.3% in the third quarter, the highest among the European Union member states, the bloc's statistics office said Wednesday.
On a quarterly basis, however, Romania posted zero employment growth in the July-September period, Eurostat said in a report.
Details on employment growth of EU member states in Southeastern Europe follow (percentage change):
|
Q3 q/q |
Q3 y/y |
Bulgaria |
1.0 |
2.7 |
Croatia |
1.1 |
3.3 |
Romania |
0.0 |
5.3 |
Slovenia |
0.6 |
2.7 |
Source: Eurostat
The average annual employment growth of the 28 EU member states was 1.8% in the third quarter.