Romanian November Jobless Rate Rises To 4.1% – Employment Agency

The unemployment rate in November was lower than the rate of 4.2% reported in November last year.

The employment agency said the country registered 376,971 jobless people in November, of which 180,001 are women.

On a regional basis, the southwestern county of Mehedinti reported the highest unemployment rate of 8.9%, while Ilfov in southern Romania and Timis in western Romania registered the lowest unemployment rate at 1.4%.

The unemployment rate in capital city Bucharest stood at 1.8%, with a total 18,238 people unemployed.