BG · 2020 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2020
Unemployment rate by sex
12.2
Bulgaria, 2020
▲ 17.3% vs 2019 (10.4)
Analysis
In 2020, Bulgaria's unemployment rate by sex increased by 17.3% compared to 2019, reaching 12.2.
Bulgaria accounts for 84.7% of the EU-27 total of 14.4.
Bulgaria ranks 16th 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 39.6% (from 20.2 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
84.7%
EU-27: 14.4
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120