Employment — national citizens

In 2022, Bulgaria's employment increased by 2.0% compared to 2021, reaching 2,837k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 180,106k.

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 7.5% (from 3,068k in 2017).

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