Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2006, Bulgaria's employment increased by 45.9% compared to 2005, reaching 5k.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 6,258k.

Bulgaria ranks 22nd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.6% (from 7k in 2001).

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