BG · 2017 · tesem060

Gender employment gap

Bulgaria, 2017

Gender employment gap
15.2
Bulgaria, 2017
▲ 11.8% vs 2016 (13.6)
Analysis

In 2017, Bulgaria's gender employment gap increased by 11.8% compared to 2016, reaching 15.2.

Bulgaria accounts for 67.9% of the EU-27 total of 22.4.

Bulgaria ranks 17th 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 46.2% (from 10.4 in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem060, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
67.9%
EU-27: 22.4
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