BG · 2022 · tesem060
Gender employment gap
Bulgaria, 2022
Gender employment gap
15.0
Bulgaria, 2022
▼ 10.7% vs 2021 (16.8)
Analysis
In 2022, Bulgaria's gender employment gap decreased by 10.7% compared to 2021, reaching 15.0.
Bulgaria accounts for 70.8% of the EU-27 total of 21.2.
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 fallen by 1.3% (from 15.2 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem060, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
70.8%
EU-27: 21.2
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem060