BG · 2025 · tesem060

Gender employment gap

Bulgaria, 2025

Gender employment gap
14.8
Bulgaria, 2025
▲ 2.8% vs 2024 (14.4)
Analysis

In 2025, Bulgaria's gender employment gap increased by 2.8% compared to 2024, reaching 14.8.

Bulgaria accounts for 77.1% of the EU-27 total of 19.2.

Bulgaria ranks 13th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.8% (from 16.6 in 2020).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#13 of 26
% of EU-27 total · 2025
77.1%
EU-27: 19.2
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025