BG · 2017 · tesem080
Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
Bulgaria, 2017
Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
88.8
Bulgaria, 2017
▲ 13.3% vs 2016 (78.4)
Analysis
In 2017, Bulgaria's employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64) increased by 13.3% compared to 2016, reaching 88.8.
Bulgaria accounts for 82.4% of the EU-27 total of 107.8.
Bulgaria ranks 23rd 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 22.7% (from 72.4 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem080, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#23 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
82.4%
EU-27: 107.8
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem080