Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in August this year stood at 5.4 percent, down 0.1 percent from the previous month, shows data released on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
The number of unemployed (aged 15 - 74) as of the end of August 2023 was estimated at 446,600, on a decline from the previous month (455,400) and also compared to August 2022 (448,900).
By gender, the gap between male and female unemployment rates was of 1 percentage points (5.9 percent for men, as to 4.9 percent for women). The youth jobless rate stays significantly high, at 22.3 percent
The estimated adult unemployment rate (ages 25 - 74) was 4.5 percent (4.2 percent for women and 4.7 percent for men), with this category accounting for 77.8 percent of the total number of unemployed estimated for August 2023.
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