BG · 2025 · tesem080
Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
Bulgaria, 2025
Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)
92.0
Bulgaria, 2025
▼ 5.2% vs 2024 (97.0)
Analysis
In 2025, Bulgaria's employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64) decreased by 5.2% compared to 2024, reaching 92.0.
Bulgaria accounts for 79.0% of the EU-27 total of 116.4.
Bulgaria ranks 24th 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 4.4% (from 96.2 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem080, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#24 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
79.0%
EU-27: 116.4
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem080