15.05.2024

FOREIGN MULTINATIONALS EMPLOY ALMOST 30 PERCENT OF ROMANIA'S WORKFORCE IN 2022

As much as 29.2 percent of the total number of employees of enterprises active in 2022 in Romania worked in enterprises owned by foreign multinational groups, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Romania.

In the year in question, 21.7 percent of total employees were active in multinational corporate groups controlled by the top 10 countries in the ranking, the INS release showed. By share of the employed workforce, the subgroups of enterprises controlled by legal or natural persons from Germany lead the ranking (18.1%), followed by those controlled by France (11.2%) and controlled by the United States of America (9, 3%).

As a share of the employed workforce in the total number of foreign-controlled multinational company groups, the subgroups of German-controlled enterprises dominate the sectors Manufacturing (9.3 percent), Wholesale and retail trade; Repair of cars and motorcycles (3.3 percent) and Professional, scientific and technical activities (2.9 percent).

In the subgroups of French-controlled enterprises, 4.5% of those employed are in manufacturing, 2.3% work in Wholesale and Retail Trade and Repair of Automobiles and Motorcycles, and 1.4% work in Information and Communications . Subgroups of enterprises controlled by the United States of America have the most employees in manufacturing (3.8 percent) and information and communications (2.8 percent).