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
Source:
Eurostat · tesem070