The unemployment rate in June, "down compared to May"

The unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, in June, has been estimated at 7.6 per cent, by 0.1 percentage points less than in the previous month and rising by 0.2 per cent compared to the level recorded in the same period from 2011, the National Institute of Statistics.

The number of unemployed persons aged between 15 and 74 years estimated for June 2012 is 735.000 people, down from the previous month when they were registered unemployed 744.000.

Compared with the same month of the previous year, the number is growing, in June 2011 were 725.000 unemployed.

The number of unemployed in the period June 2010-June 2012. Source: http://www.insse.ro
By sex, the unemployment rate for men exceeds with 2.2 percentage points that of women being 8,6 per cent in case of males and 6.4 per cent for females.

For adults between the ages of 25 and 74 years, the unemployment rate was estimated at 6.1 per cent for June 2012.

The adult unemployment rate is 7 per cent for men and 4.9 per cent for women.

The number of unemployed aged 25-74 years old represents 73,1 per cent of the total number of unemployed estimated for June 2012.

Translated by Denisse-Meda Bucura
MTTLC, Bucharest University