BG · 2023 · tesem090

Employment rate of non-EU nationals (age group 20-64)

Bulgaria, 2023

Employment rate of non-EU nationals (age group 20-64)
121.6
Bulgaria, 2023
▲ 27.5% vs 2022 (95.4)
Analysis

In 2023, Bulgaria's employment rate of non-eu nationals (age group 20-64) increased by 27.5% compared to 2022, reaching 121.6.

Bulgaria accounts for 96.2% of the EU-27 total of 126.4.

Bulgaria ranks 23rd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.0% (from 115.8 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem090, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#23 of 25
% of EU-27 total · 2023
96.2%
EU-27: 126.4
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
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