BG · 2023 · tesem060
Gender employment gap
Bulgaria, 2023
Gender employment gap
14.6
Bulgaria, 2023
▼ 2.7% vs 2022 (15.0)
Analysis
In 2023, Bulgaria's gender employment gap decreased by 2.7% compared to 2022, reaching 14.6.
Bulgaria accounts for 71.6% of the EU-27 total of 20.4.
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 fallen by 5.2% (from 15.4 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem060, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
71.6%
EU-27: 20.4
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem060