BG · 2023 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2023
Unemployment rate by sex
8.60
Bulgaria, 2023
▲ 2.4% vs 2022 (8.40)
Analysis
In 2023, Bulgaria's unemployment rate by sex increased by 2.4% compared to 2022, reaching 8.60.
Bulgaria accounts for 70.5% of the EU-27 total of 12.2.
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 30.6% (from 12.4 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#20 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
70.5%
EU-27: 12.2
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120