BG · 2017 · tesem130
Long-term unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2017
Long-term unemployment rate by sex
16.0
Bulgaria, 2017
▼ 23.1% vs 2016 (20.8)
Analysis
In 2017, Bulgaria's long-term unemployment rate by sex decreased by 23.1% compared to 2016, reaching 16.0.
Bulgaria accounts for 108.1% of the EU-27 total of 14.8.
Bulgaria ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 46.7% (from 30.0 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem130, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#8 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
108.1%
EU-27: 14.8
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem130