BG · 2025 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2025
Unemployment rate by sex
7.00
Bulgaria, 2025
▼ 16.7% vs 2024 (8.40)
Analysis
In 2025, Bulgaria's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 16.7% compared to 2024, reaching 7.00.
Bulgaria accounts for 58.3% of the EU-27 total of 12.0.
Bulgaria ranks 24th 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 42.6% (from 12.2 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#24 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
58.3%
EU-27: 12.0
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120