BG · 2025 · tesem070
Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
Bulgaria, 2025
Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
52.7
Bulgaria, 2025
▼ 3.3% vs 2024 (54.5)
Analysis
In 2025, Bulgaria's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) decreased by 3.3% compared to 2024, reaching 52.7.
Bulgaria accounts for 80.3% of the EU-27 total of 65.6.
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 3.8% (from 54.8 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem070, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#25 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
80.3%
EU-27: 65.6
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem070