Romania (2025)
2.3
% of employed persons
+0pp YoY
YoY Change
+0pp
percentage points
Trend
neutral
Series length
15
years of data

Data

Year% of employed personsYoY Change
20252.3+0pp
20242.3+0.2pp
20232.1-0.8pp
20222.9-1.3pp
20214.2+3.6pp
20200.6+0pp
20190.6+0.3pp
20180.3+0.1pp
20170.2-0.1pp
20160.3+0pp
20150.3+0.1pp
20140.2+0pp
20130.2-0.1pp
20120.3+0.1pp
20110.2n/a

About this Dataset

Romania recorded 2.3% of employed persons in the hybrid (sometimes works from home) category in 2025, 11.8pp below the EU-27 average of 14.1%. The series begins in 2011 at 0.2% and has grown as hybrid working has become the dominant flexible-work model across Europe post-pandemic.

Data sourced from Eurostat Labour Force Survey via SDMX REST API (LFSA_EHOMP, frequenc=SMT). Values are harmonised to ensure cross-country comparability.

The chart shows the full trend; the table lists annual values with year-on-year changes.

Frequently Asked Questions

In 2025, **2.3%** of employed persons in Romania sometimes worked from home — the hybrid category in Eurostat's EU Labour Force Survey, covering those who work remotely on some but not most working days. This puts Romania 11.8pp below the EU-27 average of 14.1%.
Eurostat's EU LFS separates home workers into two mutually exclusive categories. 'Usually works from home' (frequenc=USU) applies to persons for whom home is the primary work location — the majority of their working days. 'Sometimes works from home' (frequenc=SMT) covers hybrid workers who work remotely on some days but spend most of their time at an employer's premises. Adding both rates gives the share of all employed persons with any home-working arrangement.
At 2.3% in 2025, Romania's sometimes-from-home rate is 11.8pp below the EU-27 average of 14.1%. Hybrid working penetration across the EU ranges from above 40% in the Netherlands to under 4% in some eastern and southern member states. Romania's relative position reflects its industrial structure, digital infrastructure quality, and the prevalence of knowledge-economy employment.
Romania's sometimes-from-home series begins in 2011 with a rate of 0.2%. By 2019 this had grown to 0.6%. The post-COVID period has seen strong growth in hybrid working, reaching 2.3% in 2025. This pattern — gradually rising hybrid work post-pandemic — is broadly consistent with the EU-27 trend.