Employment — national citizens

In 2021, Bulgaria's employment decreased by 1.7% compared to 2020, reaching 2,781k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 177,389k.

Bulgaria ranks 15th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.7% (from 2,949k in 2016).

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