BG · 2021 · lfsa_ergan
Employment rates by citizenship
Bulgaria, 2021
Employment rates by citizenship
64.6%
Bulgaria, 2021
▼ 0.3% vs 2020 (64.8%)
Analysis
In 2021, Bulgaria's employment rates by citizenship decreased by 0.3% compared to 2020, reaching 64.6%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 63.4%.
Bulgaria ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.7% (from 60.0% in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_ergan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
101.9%
EU-27: 63.4%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · lfsa_ergan