19. REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE


Development regions Years	Registered unemployed at National Agency for Employment (number of persons)					Unemployment rate (%)
Development regions Years	Total		Female	Male		Total	Female	Male

ROMANIA
1991	337440		208457	128983		3.0	4.0	2.2
1995	998432		551492	446940		9.5	11.4	7.9
2000	1007131		471608	535523		10.5	10.1	10.7
2001	826932		381139	445793		8.8	8.4	9.2
2002	760623		339520	421103		8.4	7.8	8.9
2003	658891		286271	372620		7.4	6.8	7.8
2004	557892		234592	323300		6.3	5.6	7.0
2005	522967	¹⁾	219224	303743	¹⁾	5.9	5.2	6.4
2006	460495		191449	269046		5.2	4.6	5.7
1. North - East
1991	80171		44509	35662		4.5	5.2	3.9
1995	237708		114287	123421		13.7	14.1	13.4
2000	213608		97169	116439		13.2	12.3	14.0
2001	166303		73800	92503		10.6	9.6	11.6
2002	158816		69575	89241		10.8	9.7	11.9
2003	127207		51649	75558		9.0	7.5	10.3
2004	106122		39804	66318		7.8	6.0	9.5
2005	92260		33993	58267		6.8	5.2	8.2
2006	82878		30911	51967		6.2	4.9	7.5
2. South - East
1991	57308		35152	22156		4.0	5.5	2.8
1995	143017		82043	60974		10.6	13.5	8.2
2000	139805		67117	72688		11.4	11.3	11.5
2001	116736		55354	61382		9.8	9.8	9.9
2002	113125		47470	65655		10.0	8.8	11.1
2003	89629		38082	51547		8.1	7.4	8.7
2004	75718		32280	43438		6.9	6.3	7.4
2005	70464		30283	40181		6.4	5.9	6.9
2006	61316		26023	35293		5.6	5.1	6.0
3. South - Muntenia
1991	44386		28724	15662		2.7	3.6	1.8
1995	143263		79107	64156		9.0	10.9	7.4
2000	150656		66644	84012		10.4	9.7	11.1
2001	123494		52578	70916		8.9	8.0	9.7
2002	123577		52475	71102		9.2	8.2	10.0
2003	109897		45730	64167		8.3	7.4	9.2
2004	94685		39541	55144		7.4	6.5	8.2
2005	93142		38385	54757		7.3	6.4	8.0
2006	81209		32659	48550		6.4	5.5	7.2
4. South - West Oltenia
1991	40755		25603	15152		3.4	4.4	2.5
1995	114372		60872	53500		9.9	11.6	8.5
2000	125386		55309	70077		11.6	10.8	12.4
2001	109625		46996	62629		10.4	9.4	11.4
2002	90938		39312	51626		9.4	8.6	10.0
2003	86992		35721	51271		9.1	8.0	10.0
2004	68694		27851	40843		7.5	6.4	8.5
2005	68893	¹⁾	27365	41528	¹⁾	7.4	6.3	8.5
2006	64285		26105	38180		7.0	6.1	7.8
5. West
1991	26419		20147	6272		2.5	4.2	1.1
1995	75987		47731	28256		7.5	10.1	5.2
2000	95674		45570	50104		10.4	10.4	10.5
2001	84751		41116	43635		9.5	9.5	9.5
2002	57307		27563	29744		6.6	6.6	6.6
2003	60691		26597	34094		7.0	6.5	7.4
2004	50695		22181	28514		5.8	5.4	6.2
2005	45270		20550	24720		5.1	4.9	5.3
2006	35486		15820	19666		4.1	3.8	4.3
6. North - West
1991	46837		27050	19787		3.2	3.9	2.6
1995	116619		68419	48200		8.6	10.8	6.7
2000	108956		50023	58933		8.5	7.9	9.1
2001	86216		39292	46924		6.8	6.3	7.4
2002	82914		35723	47191		6.8	6.0	7.6
2003	64404		28547	35857		5.4	5.0	5.7
2004	48729		21442	27287		4.2	3.8	4.5
2005	48086		20836	27250		4.0	3.6	4.4
2006	42934		17867	25067		3.6	3.1	4.0
7. Center
1991	23982		15696	8286		1.8	2.5	1.2
1995	115450		64054	51396		9.1	10.7	7.7
2000	122426		61840	60586		10.3	10.7	10.0
2001	98343		48742	49601		8.6	8.7	8.5
2002	103282		50372	52910		9.0	9.2	8.9
2003	92572		45193	47379		8.3	8.6	8.0
2004	85184		36903	48281		7.8	7.2	8.3
2005	79063		33932	45131		7.3	6.7	7.8
2006	66988		28663	38325		6.1	5.6	6.6
8. Bucharest - Ilfov
1991 *⁾	17582		11576	6006		1.4	2.0	0.9
1995 *⁾	52016		34979	17037		5.1	7.3	3.1
2000	50620		27936	22684		5.8	6.7	4.9
2001	41464		23261	18203		4.7	5.5	3.9
2002	30664		17030	13634		3.3	3.9	2.7
2003	27499		14752	12747		2.8	3.4	2.4
2004	28065		14590	13475		2.8	3.2	2.4
2005	25789		13880	11909		2.4	2.9	2.0
2006	25399		13401	11998		2.2	2.5	1.9


1) Including one recipient of support allowance according to Low no. 1/1991 on social prorection of unemployed persons and their professional reintegration.
*) Ilfov county and Bucharest Municipality.
Source: National Agency for Employment.