BG · 2021 · tesem070

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)

Bulgaria, 2021

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
51.3
Bulgaria, 2021
▼ 6.4% vs 2020 (54.8)
Analysis

In 2021, Bulgaria's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) decreased by 6.4% compared to 2020, reaching 51.3.

Bulgaria accounts for 81.7% of the EU-27 total of 62.8.

Bulgaria ranks 25th 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 0.4% (from 51.1 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem070, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#25 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
81.7%
EU-27: 62.8
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025