Employment (15-64, all citizenships)

In 2024, Bulgaria's employment (15-64, all citizenships) decreased by 0.0% compared to 2023, reaching 2,821k.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 200,748k.

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 fallen by 4.2% (from 2,946k in 2019).

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