Employment — national citizens

In 2025, Romania's employment decreased by 2.0% compared to 2024, reaching 7,595k.

Romania accounts for 4.2% of the EU-27 total of 181,552k.

Romania ranks 7th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 8.1% (from 8,269k in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.