BG · 2022 · tesem140
Youth unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2022
Youth unemployment rate by sex
21.2
Bulgaria, 2022
▼ 32.9% vs 2021 (31.6)
Analysis
In 2022, Bulgaria's youth unemployment rate by sex decreased by 32.9% compared to 2021, reaching 21.2.
Bulgaria accounts for 72.6% of the EU-27 total of 29.2.
Bulgaria ranks 19th 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 34.2% (from 32.2 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#19 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
72.6%
EU-27: 29.2
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem140