RO · 2025 · tesem070
Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
Romania, 2025
Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
52.0
Romania, 2025
▼ 2.1% vs 2024 (53.1)
Analysis
In 2025, Romania's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) decreased by 2.1% compared to 2024, reaching 52.0.
Romania accounts for 79.3% of the EU-27 total of 65.6.
Romania ranks 26th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 12.0% (from 59.1 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem070, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#26 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
79.3%
EU-27: 65.6
Romania timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem070