Employment — national citizens

In 2008, Bulgaria's employment increased by 3.1% compared to 2007, reaching 3,302k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 177,751k.

Bulgaria ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 17.5% (from 2,812k in 2003).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.