This comparative analysis of unemployment (December 2008 –December 2009) during the current economic-financial crisis is based on county disparities (NUTS III) revealed by several statistical indicators, such as the general unemployment rate, number of the unemployed, the male/female ratio per total unemployed population, the ratio of unpaid unemployed versus the total unemployed population; the ratio of the private sector unemployed versus the unemployed total. The values of the statistical variables registered at the end of 2009 and their territorial distribution are similar to those recorded over 2002 – 2003 interval. The growth rate of unemployment and the number of unemployed tends to come close to the situation existing at the end of the 1990s.