11 Mai 2010
April unemployment rate drops to 8.07%
Unemployment dropped in April to 8.07% from 8.36% a month earlier, and from 5.7% in the same period of last year, according to data from the labor agency.
The number of jobless totaled 738,187 persons, of which 305,670 were women.
In the following counties the unemployment rate stood below the national level: Bucharest (2.54%), Ilfov (2.83%), Timis (4.56%), Satu-Mare (6.36%), Bihor (6.43%), Maramures (6.48%), Cluj (6.50%), Arad (6.61%), Constanta (7.15%), Botosani (7.52%), Sibiu (7.70%), Vrancea (7.96%).
The highest unemployment rate was observed in: : Iasi (8.10%), Valcea (8.14%), Bacau (8.24%), Mures and Tulcea (8.26% each), Suceava (8.30%), Giurgiu (8.53%), Braila (8.60%), Bistrita (8.61%), Brasov (8.76%), Olt (9.06%), Dambovita (9.14%), Arges (9.37%), Prahova (9.57%), Calarasi (9.70%), Neamt (9.77%), Salaj (10.07%), Buzau (10.18%), Caras Severin (11.46%), Harghita (10.81%), Hunedoara (10.98%), Gorj (11.25%), Galati (11.43%), Covasna (11.88%), Alba (12.00%), Ialomita (12.20%), Dolj (12.46%), Teleorman (12.93%), Mehedinti (13.47%) and Vaslui (14.09%).
Of all the jobless persons, 441,869 receive unemployment benefits, and 296,507 don’t. The unemployment rate among women was 7.22% in April.
In the following counties the unemployment rate stood below the national level: Bucharest (2.54%), Ilfov (2.83%), Timis (4.56%), Satu-Mare (6.36%), Bihor (6.43%), Maramures (6.48%), Cluj (6.50%), Arad (6.61%), Constanta (7.15%), Botosani (7.52%), Sibiu (7.70%), Vrancea (7.96%).
The highest unemployment rate was observed in: : Iasi (8.10%), Valcea (8.14%), Bacau (8.24%), Mures and Tulcea (8.26% each), Suceava (8.30%), Giurgiu (8.53%), Braila (8.60%), Bistrita (8.61%), Brasov (8.76%), Olt (9.06%), Dambovita (9.14%), Arges (9.37%), Prahova (9.57%), Calarasi (9.70%), Neamt (9.77%), Salaj (10.07%), Buzau (10.18%), Caras Severin (11.46%), Harghita (10.81%), Hunedoara (10.98%), Gorj (11.25%), Galati (11.43%), Covasna (11.88%), Alba (12.00%), Ialomita (12.20%), Dolj (12.46%), Teleorman (12.93%), Mehedinti (13.47%) and Vaslui (14.09%).
Of all the jobless persons, 441,869 receive unemployment benefits, and 296,507 don’t. The unemployment rate among women was 7.22% in April.