Romania is among the EU countries with the lowest unemployment rates, according to March data from Eurostat. Romania ranks 8th, with 4.5% unemployment.

The Czech Republic leads the ranking, with a 2.2% jobless rate while Greece has the highest unemployment: 20.6%.

The jobless rate has dropped in the EU since the same period of last year, except for Lithuania – where it stayed stable, and Estonia, where the rate increased. The EU had 3.5 million unemployed under 25 years old, down by 400,000 people on the same period of 2017.

editor@romania-insider.com