BG · 2018 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2018
Unemployment rate by sex
12.4
Bulgaria, 2018
▼ 13.9% vs 2017 (14.4)
Analysis
In 2018, Bulgaria's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 13.9% compared to 2017, reaching 12.4.
Bulgaria accounts for 83.8% of the EU-27 total of 14.8.
Bulgaria ranks 12th 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 55.4% (from 27.8 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
83.8%
EU-27: 14.8
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120