Employment — national citizens

In 2016, Bulgaria's employment decreased by 0.7% compared to 2015, reaching 2,949k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 174,907k.

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 0.8% (from 2,924k in 2011).

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