Employment — national citizens

In 2020, Bulgaria's employment decreased by 3.8% compared to 2019, reaching 2,830k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 176,467k.

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 fallen by 4.7% (from 2,970k in 2015).

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