BG · 2017 · tesem140
Youth unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2017
Youth unemployment rate by sex
32.2
Bulgaria, 2017
▼ 21.1% vs 2016 (40.8)
Analysis
In 2017, Bulgaria's youth unemployment rate by sex decreased by 21.1% compared to 2016, reaching 32.2.
Bulgaria accounts for 87.0% of the EU-27 total of 37.0.
Bulgaria ranks 14th 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 48.4% (from 62.4 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#14 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
87.0%
EU-27: 37.0
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem140