BG · 2024 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2024
Unemployment rate by sex
8.40
Bulgaria, 2024
▼ 2.3% vs 2023 (8.60)
Analysis
In 2024, Bulgaria's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 2.3% compared to 2023, reaching 8.40.
Bulgaria accounts for 71.2% of the EU-27 total of 11.8.
Bulgaria ranks 21st 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 19.2% (from 10.4 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2024
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2024
71.2%
EU-27: 11.8
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120