BG · 2016 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2016
Unemployment rate by sex
17.2
Bulgaria, 2016
▼ 14.9% vs 2015 (20.2)
Analysis
In 2016, Bulgaria's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 14.9% compared to 2015, reaching 17.2.
Bulgaria accounts for 92.5% of the EU-27 total of 18.6.
Bulgaria ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 30.1% (from 24.6 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
92.5%
EU-27: 18.6
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120