The Occupational Structure of Romania.

The present study intends to emphasize crucial aspects regarding the occupational structure of Romania's population, for all of its 41 counties and the Municipality of Bucharest, based on statistical data from the last census. As a more general aspect, out of the 20,121,641 inhabitants, 45.6% (9,180,337 people) were active, while the remaining 54.4% (10,941,304 people) were inactive. In terms of major economic sectors, we observed a high percentage of employees in the service sector, 43.2%, followed by agriculture, 29.2%, industry and constructions with 23.5%, while the quaternary sector employed 4.1%. The potentially active population, the unemployed, made up 7.3% of the active population. Regarding the inactive population, most were pensioners, 39%, followed by pupils and students with 27,3%, then by other categories of dependent people, with 22.8%, and stay-at-home workers with 10.9%. According to their professional status, the vast majority were employees (69.8%), followed by self-employed (17.1%), family workers -- unpaid (11.8%), business owners (1.2%) etc. When it comes to their educational status, 66.7% graduated the secondary cycle (high school, professional or apprentice), while only 22.8% completed their tertiary education, followed by those with primary education (6.1%) and by those with post-secondary and foremen vocational education (3.4%); people with no education comprised 0.9% of the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]