# Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Sud-Est (NUTS-2 RO22)

Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Sud-Est (NUTS-2 RO22) was 11.3% in 2025, up 1.4 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since the series began in 1999.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.0% (2021) to 11.3% (2025), averaging 7.9%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `RO-22.UNEMP.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1999-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (27 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/romania/unemployment-rate-15-74-sud-est-nuts-2-ro22

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 11.3% |
| 2024 | 9.9% |
| 2023 | 9.1% |
| 2022 | 7.3% |
| 2021 | 6.0% |
| 2020 | 7.4% |
| 2019 | 6.4% |
| 2018 | 6.1% |
| 2017 | 6.5% |
| 2016 | 7.7% |
| 2015 | 9.0% |
| 2014 | 10.4% |
| 2013 | 9.5% |
| 2012 | 9.4% |
| 2011 | 9.6% |
| 2010 | 8.2% |
| 2009 | 7.5% |
| 2008 | 7.2% |
| 2007 | 8.5% |
| 2006 | 9.0% |
| 2005 | 7.9% |
| 2004 | 8.7% |
| 2003 | 7.6% |
| 2002 | 10.5% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/RO-22.UNEMP.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/RO-22.UNEMP.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```