# Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Vest (NUTS-2 RO42)

Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Vest (NUTS-2 RO42) was 5.1% in 2025, up 1.8 percentage points from 2024.
That is the highest reading since 2015.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.8% (2023) to 5.4% (2015), averaging 4.1%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `RO-42.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-vest-nuts-2-ro42

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 5.1% |
| 2024 | 3.3% |
| 2023 | 2.8% |
| 2022 | 3.7% |
| 2021 | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 4.6% |
| 2019 | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 3.6% |
| 2017 | 4.4% |
| 2016 | 4.9% |
| 2015 | 5.4% |
| 2014 | 4.8% |
| 2013 | 5.2% |
| 2012 | 5.1% |
| 2011 | 5.7% |
| 2010 | 6.0% |
| 2009 | 6.0% |
| 2008 | 5.7% |
| 2007 | 5.6% |
| 2006 | 6.4% |
| 2005 | 6.7% |
| 2004 | 8.4% |
| 2003 | 7.4% |
| 2002 | 6.4% |

## API

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

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