BG · 2023 · tesem140
Youth unemployment rate by sex
Bulgaria, 2023
Youth unemployment rate by sex
24.2
Bulgaria, 2023
▲ 14.2% vs 2022 (21.2)
Analysis
In 2023, Bulgaria's youth unemployment rate by sex increased by 14.2% compared to 2022, reaching 24.2.
Bulgaria accounts for 82.9% of the EU-27 total of 29.2.
Bulgaria ranks 18th 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 23.9% (from 31.8 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem140, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
82.9%
EU-27: 29.2
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem140