Employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023)

In 2021, Bulgaria's employment in the environmental goods and services sector (2000-2023) increased by 5.7% compared to 2020, reaching 195,943.

Bulgaria accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 8,920,000.

Bulgaria ranks 14th 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 29.8% (from 151,015 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset env_ac_egss1, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.