BG · 2019 · tesem130
Long-term unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2019
Long-term unemployment rate by sex
12.0
Bulgaria, 2019
▼ 18.9% vs 2018 (14.8)
Analysis
In 2019, Bulgaria's long-term unemployment rate by sex decreased by 18.9% compared to 2018, reaching 12.0.
Bulgaria accounts for 111.1% of the EU-27 total of 10.8.
Bulgaria ranks 5th 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 60.5% (from 30.4 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem130, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2019
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2019
111.1%
EU-27: 10.8
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem130