Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2010, Bulgaria's employment rates by educational attainment level decreased by 3.0% compared to 2009, reaching 83.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 83.6%.

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 2.8% (from 80.9% in 2005).

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