Unemployment rate in Romania slips to 7.39% in August, from 7.43% in July

The unemployement rate stood at 6.6 percent in August 2009. As many as 327,144 jobless people were receiving indemnities in August, while 348,646 were not. Also, the jobless rate among women was of 6.84 percent.

The highest unemployment rates were reported in August in the counties of Mehedinti (12.31 percent), Teleorman (11.86 percent), Vaslui (11.64 percent), Covasna (11.19 percent), Gorj (10.89 percent), Ialomita (10.58 percent), Dolj (10.41 percent), Alba (10.29 percent), Prahova (10.27 percent), Hunedoara (10.17 percent) and Galati (10.17 percent).

On the other hand, the smallest jobless rates were seen in Ilfov (2.69 percent), Bucharest (2.79 percent), Timis (4.28 percent), Constanta (5.11 percent), Arad (5.59 percent), Cluj (5.87 percent), Botosani (5.91 percent), Bihor (6.04 percent), Sibiu (6.08 percent), Satu Mare (6.23 percent), Maramures (6.66 percent), Bistrita (7.06 percent), Tulcea (7.27 percent) and Iasi (7.36 percent).