BG · 2025 · tesem090

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

Bulgaria, 2025

Employment rate of non-EU nationals (age group 20-64)
105.4
Bulgaria, 2025
▼ 6.6% vs 2024 (112.8)
Analysis

In 2025, Bulgaria's employment rate of non-eu nationals (age group 20-64) decreased by 6.6% compared to 2024, reaching 105.4.

Bulgaria accounts for 80.8% of the EU-27 total of 130.4.

Bulgaria ranks 24th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#24 of 25
% of EU-27 total · 2025
80.8%
EU-27: 130.4
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2005 2025