BG · 2021 · tesem140
Youth unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2021
Youth unemployment rate by sex
31.6
Bulgaria, 2021
▼ 9.7% vs 2020 (35.0)
Analysis
In 2021, Bulgaria's youth unemployment rate by sex decreased by 9.7% compared to 2020, reaching 31.6.
Bulgaria accounts for 94.6% of the EU-27 total of 33.4.
Bulgaria ranks 15th 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 22.5% (from 40.8 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
94.6%
EU-27: 33.4
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem140