BG · 2016 · tesem140
Youth unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2016
Youth unemployment rate by sex
40.8
Bulgaria, 2016
▼ 17.4% vs 2015 (49.4)
Analysis
In 2016, Bulgaria's youth unemployment rate by sex decreased by 17.4% compared to 2015, reaching 40.8.
Bulgaria accounts for 98.6% of the EU-27 total of 41.4.
Bulgaria ranks 11th 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 27.7% (from 56.4 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
98.6%
EU-27: 41.4
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem140