BG · 2025 · tesem130
Long-term unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2025
Long-term unemployment rate by sex
6.00
Bulgaria, 2025
▼ 31.8% vs 2024 (8.80)
Analysis
In 2025, Bulgaria's long-term unemployment rate by sex decreased by 31.8% compared to 2024, reaching 6.00.
Bulgaria accounts for 78.9% of the EU-27 total of 7.60.
Bulgaria ranks 17th 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 46.4% (from 11.2 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem130, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#17 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
78.9%
EU-27: 7.60
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem130