BG · 2022 · lfsa_ergan

Employment rates by citizenship

Bulgaria, 2022

Employment rates by citizenship
67.2%
Bulgaria, 2022
▲ 4.0% vs 2021 (64.6%)
Analysis

In 2022, Bulgaria's employment rates by citizenship increased by 4.0% compared to 2021, reaching 67.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 64.9%.

Bulgaria ranks 18th 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 6.5% (from 63.1% in 2017).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
103.5%
EU-27: 64.9%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025