BG · 2024 · tesem070
Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
Bulgaria, 2024
Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
54.5
Bulgaria, 2024
▼ 2.7% vs 2023 (56.0)
Analysis
In 2024, Bulgaria's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) decreased by 2.7% compared to 2023, reaching 54.5.
Bulgaria accounts for 82.7% of the EU-27 total of 65.9.
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 fallen by 6.8% (from 58.5 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem070, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2024
#25 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2024
82.7%
EU-27: 65.9
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem070