The unemployment rate in December 2025 was, in seasonally adjusted form, 6%, equal to the value recorded in November 2025, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics, according to Agerpres.
The unemployment rate for women was 0.2 percentage points higher than for men.
According to the NSI, the number of unemployed people (aged 15-74 years) estimated for December 2025 was 493,700 people, equal to the previous month (493,700 unemployed in November), but up compared to the same period of the previous year (462,700 unemployed in December 2024).
By gender, the unemployment rate for women was 0.2 percentage points higher than for men (5.9% for males and 6.1% for females).
„The high level of 26.9% of the youth unemployment rate (15-24 years old), recorded between July and September 2025, continues to attract attention,” emphasizes the NSI.
For adults (aged 25-74 years), the unemployment rate has been estimated at 4.6% for December 2025 (4.6% for men and 4.5% for women).
The number of unemployed people aged 25-74 represents 72.1% of the total number of unemployed people estimated for December 2025.
