Business Forum • 21 April, 2026 at 8:45 PM
In 2025, Romania recorded one of the highest shares of young entrepreneurs in the EU, with those aged 20–29 accounting for 10.3% of the country's self-employed population, according to Eurostat.
This significantly outpaces the EU average of 7.9%.
Across the bloc, 2.06 million young people have turned to self-employment, driven by technological shifts and personal innovation.
While Slovakia (12.2%) and Malta (10.5%) lead the rankings, Romania's high entrepreneurial activity exists alongside a youth employment rate of just 52.0%, which is one of the lowest in the union.
Conversely, countries like Ireland (5.1%) and Spain (5.9%) saw the lowest engagement in youth entrepreneurship.
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