Unemployment rate by age

In 2024, Bulgaria's unemployment rate by age increased by 1.7% compared to 2023, reaching 12.3.

Bulgaria accounts for 82.6% of the EU-27 total of 14.9.

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 39.8% (from 8.80 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_wc170, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.