# Employment Rate (20-64) — Vest (NUTS-2 RO42)

Employment Rate (20-64) — Vest (NUTS-2 RO42) was 66.5% in 2025, down 0.4 percentage points from 2024.
That is the lowest reading since 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 61.4% (2016) to 66.9% (2023), averaging 64.6%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `RO-42.EMPRATE.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1999-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (27 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/romania/employment-rate-20-64-vest-nuts-2-ro42

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 66.5% |
| 2024 | 66.9% |
| 2023 | 66.9% |
| 2022 | 65.2% |
| 2021 | 64.0% |
| 2020 | 65.0% |
| 2019 | 65.1% |
| 2018 | 64.5% |
| 2017 | 63.5% |
| 2016 | 61.4% |
| 2015 | 62.0% |
| 2014 | 63.9% |
| 2013 | 62.9% |
| 2012 | 62.8% |
| 2011 | 62.5% |
| 2010 | 62.9% |
| 2009 | 64.0% |
| 2008 | 65.2% |
| 2007 | 65.6% |
| 2006 | 64.8% |
| 2005 | 62.7% |
| 2004 | 63.1% |
| 2003 | 62.6% |
| 2002 | 62.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/RO-42.EMPRATE.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/RO-42.EMPRATE.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```