BG · 2022 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2022
Unemployment rate by sex
8.40
Bulgaria, 2022
▼ 19.2% vs 2021 (10.4)
Analysis
In 2022, Bulgaria's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 19.2% compared to 2021, reaching 8.40.
Bulgaria accounts for 67.7% of the EU-27 total of 12.4.
Bulgaria ranks 20th 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 41.7% (from 14.4 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#20 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
67.7%
EU-27: 12.4
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120