BG · 2022 · lfsa_ergan
Employment rates by citizenship
Bulgaria, 2022
Employment rates by citizenship
74.0%
Bulgaria, 2022
▲ 2.4% vs 2021 (72.3%)
Analysis
In 2022, Bulgaria's employment rates by citizenship increased by 2.4% compared to 2021, reaching 74.0%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 74.7%.
Bulgaria ranks 16th 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 4.8% (from 70.6% in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_ergan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
99.1%
EU-27: 74.7%
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · lfsa_ergan