Employment — national citizens

In 2025, Bulgaria's employment decreased by 0.5% compared to 2024, reaching 2,800k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 181,552k.

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 1.1% (from 2,830k in 2020).

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