BG · 2021 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2021
Unemployment rate by sex
10.4
Bulgaria, 2021
▼ 14.8% vs 2020 (12.2)
Analysis
In 2021, Bulgaria's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 14.8% compared to 2020, reaching 10.4.
Bulgaria accounts for 73.2% of the EU-27 total of 14.2.
Bulgaria ranks 19th 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 39.5% (from 17.2 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
73.2%
EU-27: 14.2
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120