Youth unemployment in Romania, still at a high level

Romanian youth unemployment remained at a high level last year with a rate of 21.7%. By comparison, the unemployment among young people at EU level amounted to 20.3% on average, according to data published by Eurostat. Despite the fact that the unemployment rate among the young people of Romania dropped from 23.7% in 2013 to 21.7% in 2015, it remains at a worrying level. The lowest young unemployment rate was recorded in Germany, with 7.2%. The highest rates were seen in Greece, where almost 50% of the young people that can work don’t have a job, and Spain, where the unemployment rate among young people amounted to 48.3%. The general unemployment rate totaled 5.8% in Romania in October. The lowest rate was recorded in the Czech Republic (3.8%) whereas the highest one was seen in Greece (23.4%). The EU average reached 8.3%. editor@romania-insider.com